The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house dating to the later 17th century, with extensions added in the early 18th century. It is timber-framed and originally brick-cased, although the front has been refaced with brick and flint and painted. The eastern gable of a single-story extension reveals the timber frame, while the remainder is roughcast. The roof is covered with old red tiles.

The house has a two-story, two-window facade, based on a two-cell plan, facing south onto the roadside. It is accompanied by two parallel, two-story north wings and a low extension set back to accommodate a small gabled porch in the southeast corner. A large, projecting plastered chimney rises from the eastern gable. There are two-light flush casement windows with small panes, each with a segmental arch, on the ground floor. Two square and one cruciform tie rod plates are visible at floor level on the front.

The large eastern room features an axial chamfered beam and a large open fireplace, with a narrower service room to the west. A kitchen with a wide gable fireplace is located in the northwest rear wing. The staircase is not in its original position. A former wall plate, slightly above floor level, supports heightened studs in the rear north wall. Features of the original construction include corner posts, raised wall plates, and tie-beams. The roof is a two-bay design with clasped purlins strutted from a partition tie-beam. The roof was once lathed and plastered to the apex. The rear wings are brick and roughcast, but the north gables retain timber frame triangles. The building was formerly known as The Old Cottage.