The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a former rectory, now divided into two houses, dating mainly from the early 19th century but retaining an early 18th-century core. It is constructed of red brick with slate roofs. The house is a double-pile building of two storeys and attics. The east facade, dating from the early 19th century, has seven bays, with a single-storey extension added in the 20th century. Features include a brick plinth, sash windows with glazing bars, flat gauged brick arches above the windows, and late 19th-century gabled dormers with casement windows. The roof is hipped and incorporates polychrome brick stacks at the hips. The western part of the house is from the 18th century, also with sash windows. The southern gable wall, also from the early 18th century, features a brick plinth and a moulded brick string course at first floor level, along with triple brick corbel eaves. A first-floor sash window has a cast iron window box. Inside, a curious Gothic arcade separates the hall, using clustered shafts as piers with bases and capitals. A large open fireplace is on the south side, with a wrought iron bar supporting a brick chimney breast. Other features include 19th-century doors, architraves, mouldings, and coved ceilings in the first-floor rooms of the western part of the house.