The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house dating back to the 16th century, with extensions from the 18th century and refurbishment around 1935. Originally timber framed, the building was later faced with brick and rendered with decorative pargeting in the 1930s. Brick ranges are present to the north. The roof is tiled, with slate on the north slope, and features rendered axial stacks, one with an oversailing moulded frilled cap and another to the rear.

The asymmetrical facade has two storeys and formerly included a cellar. It features six two-light leaded casement windows on the ground floor and four two- and three-light windows above. A gabled porch, dating to around 1935, is constructed of timber and incorporates reused embattled timbers from the earlier structure. The outer door is boarded, leading to an inner part-glazed door with Gothic upper lights. The facade and returns of the original building are pargetted with panels featuring a central motif of a vase of flowers. A canted bay window, also dating to around 1935, is on the left return, while a rear brick range with sashes and glazing bars (horned to the north) is on the right return. To the north of the west range is a rectangular brick building, likely a former bakehouse and now attached.

Inside, a through-passage is flanked by inserted chamfered posts and tie beams. To the left is an octagonal crown post with a bell base and an embattled cap, along with three braces and a chamfered ceiling beam, all inserted around 1935. Roll-moulded joists are also present. Raised panelling, incorporating a fire surround copied around 1935, is found on the north, east, and south walls. To the right are chamfered main beams with bar stops, small rolls to the joists, and inserted partitions forming a room. The frieze of this room is pargetted, depicting Adam and Eve, Moses in the bullrushes, and animals, within vessels. Further pargeting is found in the rear hall. On the first floor, the left-hand room has a flat-joisted ceiling. The staircase has stick balusters and a mahogany wreathed rail. A blocked 16th-century window is present at the rear. The roof structure comprises a clasped purlin roof with collars and cranked wind braces, except to the left of the entrance, where a butt purlin roof is found.