The Old Rectory And Old Garden Wall

The Old Rectory and Old Garden Wall, originally the rectory, dates from the early 18th century and incorporates two separate medieval buildings, possibly wings of a 12th-century house. The structure is built from local brown brick from the 18th century, 19th-century gault brick, Barnack limestone, clunch, and flint, topped with plain tile roofs. The main range is two storeys high with attics and a basement, featuring end stacks and flanked by two two-storey wings to the north-east and south-west.

The façade has five 'bays', with two 'bays' on the north-east side containing a two-storey 12th-century building that has round-headed arches in two sealed openings and one introduced 15th-century doorway. The entrance façade is finished in 19th-century stucco with imitation rusticated stone quoins. The first floor has five twelve-paned hung sash windows in wooden cases, while the ground floor features four similar windows. A band runs between the floors, and the entrance is approached by stone steps leading to a closed, gabled 19th-century porch that contains an early 18th-century raised and fielded panelled door. The original position of the pedimented doorcase is marked by a 19th-century half-glazed door.

The north-east wing has a parapet gable and ridge stack, with early 18th-century hung sash windows on the rear elevation. The south-west wing, which is medieval and encased in 19th-century gault brick, features brick buttresses with Barnack limestone offsets at the rear, possibly replacing original features. The front elevation includes a 18th-century four-panelled door and a rectangular fanlight with glazing bars. Inside, most details are from the 19th century, including a closed string main staircase with turned balusters made by Mr. Tharp in the Queen Anne style.