The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is an early 18th-century rectory, later altered and extended in the early and mid-19th century and now used as a house. It is constructed of regular coursed blue lias limestone with brick rear wings, and has a hipped slate roof with stone end stacks incorporating brick shafts. The building follows a double-depth plan, with the front facing to the right.

The original entrance front is symmetrical, with a three-window range and two storeys. It features wide eaves with paired brackets and gablets. A blocked entrance, originally with pilasters (one base remaining) and an ovolo-moulded timber-frame with a projecting triangular window, suggests a previous design. Flanking French windows have flat arches and margin-light glazing. The first floor has windows with sills and plastered lintels above 8/8 sash windows, with a central 6/6 sash window.

The left return includes an entrance with moulded pilasters, an overlight with decorative glazing bars, a 6-fielded-panel door, and a 19th-century open timber gabled porch. A mid-19th century brick wing adjoins this side. The right return has a French window and a later balcony with timber posts and a glazed door. A lower wing to the right, likely the original house, has an entrance with a half-glazed door and a canted bay window with leaded glazing and an enriched cornice to its hipped roof. The first floor features two gabled dormers with 2- and 3-light leaded casements, an end stack, and a leaded light above a single-storey service wing.

The interior of the rear wing features early 18th-century 6-fielded-panel doors and a Tudor-headed fireplace. A stick-baluster back stair leads to the 19th-century wing. The front range has 6-fielded-panel doors and 19th-century marble fireplaces with later inserts. A single-flight staircase has a cut string with decorative tread ends, slender turned balusters, and a fluted newel. Similar balusters are found on the landing, and a flat screen with three pointed lights is believed to have been taken from the Church of St Peter.