The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with a restyling in the 18th century and extensions made in the early 19th and 20th centuries. The building is primarily timber framed and plastered, with some sections of painted brick, and it has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The structure has an irregular half-H plan facing northeast and features two internal stacks.

At the rear left, there is an early 19th-century extension made of painted brick, which includes a stack in the left wall. There are also single-storey extensions added in the 20th century to the right and rear right. The house is two storeys high and has a variety of windows, including a tripartite sash with 4-12-4 lights, a quadripartite sash with 4-4-4-4 lights, and four sashes with 12 lights on the first floor, some of which contain crown glass.

There are three 20th-century doors, one of which is styled in the early 19th-century manner, featuring fluted pilasters, a pedimented porch, and a segmental fanlight. The roofs are mainly hipped. The earliest visible features are found in the front bay of the right wing, which displays a binding beam with pyramid stops, close studding on the first floor, and a gabled crownpost roof with axial bracing.

Extensive re-styling from the 18th century may cover parts of the original timber structure. The early 19th-century extension at the rear left includes a splayed bay of sashes with internal folding shutters, original plaster coving, and an original cast iron grate on the first floor. A similar cast iron grate is also present on the first floor of the left wing. Inside, there is an elegant early 19th-century staircase featuring very thin turned balusters and a wreathed rail, all made of oak.