The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a former rectory dating from 1726, built for Reverend John Holte, who served as rector from 1727 to 1734. It is a formal, square-plan house constructed of red brick, with two storeys and an attic, and a hipped double-valley roof featuring three dormers on both the west and east sides, and one on the south side. The building has moulded wooden eaves and stone chamfered quoins. The west front has five window bays, including the main entrance. The windows are exposed box glazing bar sashes with stone sills and panelled keystones with small cornice strips, set within gauged brick window heads. The central stone doorcase has a moulded, shouldered surround with a frieze and pediment, sheltering a six-panel door topped with a rectangular fanlight. The south front features five windows on the ground floor (three of which were lengthened in the early 19th century) and six windows on the first floor. The east side has a five-window range, four of which retain original thick glazing bars. A projecting brick and stone screen wall, one window range and two storeys high, runs at right angles, featuring arched window heads with stone keystones and painted dummy glazing bars. A rear gabled stone north wing, largely rebuilt, is reputedly of 15th-century origin, with a fireplace in the cellar. The interior includes a square-framed newel stair, altered only in the bottom flight, and early 19th-century panelling and cornices, notably in the southwest corner room.