The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a substantial house dating to the early and late 19th century, constructed of brick, painted and rendered, with a slate roof. An 1860 drawing indicates the house originally had a projecting wing on its left side and a lower, axial range to the right, which has since been rebuilt.

The early 19th-century wing on the left is rendered and features a canted bay window on the ground floor with three ogee-headed lights facing the front, and similar lights at the angles, all covered by a concave lead hipped roof. Above this is an oriel window with a concave underbelly, three ogee-headed lights to the front, and two to the angles, also with a concave roof. Moulded bargeboards are present above.

To the right of this is a later 19th-century wing, symmetrical in design with three bays. The central doorway has a double-chamfered arch, leading to a porch with a glazed door and a glazed screen. Ground-floor windows either side of the entrance are four-light casements connected by a continuous hood-mould; these have ovolo-moulded mullions and a chamfered surround. Above are oriel windows with concave underbellies, two-light windows, and gables. Flanking these oriels are two cambered-headed windows, divided by a king mullion, with three lights on the left and two on the right (the two-light window on the right is a 20th-century insertion). A spur wall extends to the right.

The ridge features a 19th-century stack supporting four joined, faceted flues with moulded bases and capitals. Behind the ridge is a large chimney stack with six faceted flues, also with moulded bases and capitals.

The left side of the house has a projecting gabled wing with a ground-floor canted bay featuring a tripartite window arrangement of three four-pane lights with ogee heads, flanked by slender four-pane lights with half-ogee heads; above is an oriel window with a concave underbelly and lead roof with three ogee-headed lights. To the right is a recessed portion with a canted bay window on the ground floor and a two-light casement above. The right-hand side includes a projecting wing with a lean-to masking an earlier opening and a half-glazed door with a cambered head. Fenestration is random on the west face and the rear of the house.

Inside, a staircase has two flights with moulded tread ends, shaped balusters (square with hollow-chamfered corners, and broach stops), and a ramped mahogany handrail.