Eastwick Manor

Eastwick Manor is a Rectory, built in 1826 and now a house. It may incorporate the remains of an earlier building. The building faced east and was sold around 1921. It is an L-shaped house of two storeys and a cellar, with hipped slate roofs and wide, plastered eaves soffits. The exterior is red brick, formerly limewashed, with moulded stucco caps to pilasters. Portland stone is used for the steps and sills. The main section has a double-pile plan, with a recessed music room on the south end. A two-storey service wing is attached to the northwest corner, with a single-story, hipped-roof kitchen in the angle. The west end of the service wing was originally single-story in sandy red brick, later heightened and widened in the 20th century. The symmetrical, three-window east front includes pilasters clasping the corners and a central panel projecting forward. Stucco with echinus moulding caps each projection. The windows are recessed sash windows with segmental gauged arches and 6/6 panes with slender glazing bars; the upper windows are slightly narrower. A round-headed doorway, up two Portland stone steps, has two recessed stucco orders and a round-headed fanlight with radial glazing bars. The music room contains an early 19th-century cast iron basket grate. Original features include high-quality moulded doors, architraves, shutters and panelled doors. The internal walls are very thick. There is a cellar under the north end of the front section. It is a fine classical Rectory of 1826, with few alterations and retaining its original proportions and interior. It forms an interesting hillside group with its stables and is important as part of the landscaped setting of the church.