The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a rectory built in the late 17th century and later altered in the late 19th century. The earlier section is primarily constructed of pink and red brick with broad mortar courses, while the later addition uses larger, machine-made bricks. The building features hipped roofs that are plain tiled, with a modillion eaves cornice and a late 17th-century side stack on the right-hand crosswing. The ridge stack for the hall range and the side stack on the left-hand crosswing are both from the 19th century.

The house maintains its original layout of a hall with two crosswings, and it stands two storeys high with attics. The hall range has three window bays, while each crosswing has two. The hall range dates from the late 17th century, although the first floor was rebuilt in the late 19th century. The ground floor features original late 17th-century cambered arches above later 19th-century hung sash windows with fifteen panes each, positioned on either side of a central doorway set in an original round-headed arch. The flush panelled door is from the 19th century, but the fanlight with radial glazing bars may date back to the late 17th century. The late 19th-century first floor has three recessed hung sashes with twelve panes each, and there is one dormer.

The right-hand crosswing, dating from the late 17th century, has a band between the storeys, one dormer, and 19th-century flush frame hung sashes with twelve panes each, along with full-length hung sashes on the ground floor. The left-hand crosswing has similar window features but with recessed designs.

Inside, there are opposing front and rear doorways leading into the hall. The cantilevered staircase, which dates from the late 18th or early 19th century, features spindle balusters, a shaped rail, and a curtail. The interior has undergone significant alterations, likely in the late 19th century. In 1696, a licence was granted by the Bishop of Ely to Thomas Jekyll, the rector of Cottenham, allowing him to demolish part of the house and rebuild the crosswing and hall, which included a cellar and six rooms in the crosswing. The current wing aligns with this licence, but the brickwork and interior details suggest either a complete rebuild or casing of the late 17th-century wing and the first floor of the hall.