The Rectory

The Rectory is a building dating from 1773, with mid-19th century additions, located on the west side of North Green in Coates. It is constructed of yellow gault brick and features a steeply pitched slate roof with sawtooth eaves cornice and original flush end stacks. The structure is two storeys tall with an attic, which includes three catslide dormers. The windows are later four-pane hung sashes. The symmetrical facade showcases two two-storey canted bays from the mid to late 19th century, each with cement lintels, flanking the original central doorway. The original door surround remains, although the door itself is from the 20th century. Above the doorway is a 18th-century cambered arch window opening, now fitted with a four-pane hung sash. A dentil band runs between the storeys and continues around the canted bays added in the 19th century. The end walls display red brick diaper work, and there is a dated stone on the right-hand gable end. The rear features mid-19th century additions, including an adjoining service wing on the right, which is also made of yellow brick with a slate roof and ridge stack. This wing has a segmental arch to one original three-light casement at the first floor, with arched top panes, and two similar openings at the ground floor, one of which is blocked while the other has a later casement. To the left is a mid-19th century school built of gault brick, topped with a steeply pitched Collyweston stone slate roof, and features brick drip moulds over 20th-century casements in the original openings. Inside, the rectory retains its original staircase, which has two flights and a landing, complete with a square newel and moulded rail, though the balusters have been boxed.