Old Rectory

House. The Old Rectory dates from the mid-14th century as a hall house, undergoing a complete reconstruction in the late 17th century and further remodelling in the 18th century. The original timber frame is encased in a rendered clay lump façade, with a flint and brick plinth and a plain tiled roof. The building is two storeys high. A gabled timber porch with bargeboards was added around 1900. The south front features four 19th-century casement windows on the ground floor, each with transoms under hood mould labels, and five similar windows to the first floor. There are overhanging eaves and a gabled roof. A south internal gable stack and a rebuilt 17th-century ridge stack are located on the right side of the centre. A mid-20th century kitchen extension has been added to the north. At the rear, a full-length 18th-century outshut retains four original iron casement windows with glazing bars, one round-headed window, and other 20th-century windows, arranged randomly. A door is fitted with two rectangular overlights. The south gable features two round-headed windows on each floor, with bargeboards.

The old kitchen's interior has a timber-framed north wall, originally in four bays, thought to be from the mid-14th century. This led to the service end of the building to the north of the screens passage. The timber framing consists of heavy scantling with principal posts arch braced in the side bays. Two central bays originally formed doorways with trefoiled arches and punched spandrels; these are now blocked with secondary posts. The principals rise to a first-floor bedroom, where a cross frame survives, tension braced in three tiers. The roof was renewed in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Remains of a 17th-century diamond mullioned window are visible in one rear first-floor room. The dining room contains an intact 17th-century fireplace.