Old Rectory Cottages

The Old Rectory Cottages, comprising two dwellings, date to the late 15th century, with subsequent additions and alterations. They are timber-framed, with colourwashed render, brickwork in parts, and a pantile roof, likely originally thatched. The cottages have an H-shaped plan.

The front of the cottages features projecting wings on either side. The front elevation contains entirely 20th-century metal-framed windows. The right-hand wing has a three-light and a two-light casement window on the ground floor, and a three-light casement window above. Between the wings, the ground floor has a three-light window to the right and a two-light window to the left, with two three-light casements above them. To the left-hand gable end is a plank door, a four-light casement window set in brickwork, and a three-light casement window above. A lean-to adjoins the left-hand gable. The ridge of the right-hand gabled wing is lower than that of the main roof, with a slight hip at the right-hand end to accommodate this difference. A chimney stack of three flues, built of 19th-century brick, is situated below the ridge towards the right. The right-hand gable end has slightly battered walling, a 20th-century half-glazed door, and a single-light window at the centre of the first floor. A lean-to extends from the ground floor on the left-hand side.

The rear of the cottages shows that the left-hand wing projects, while the right-hand wing is flush with the central range. A 19th-century outshut runs along the rear, extending along the projecting face of the left-hand wing and containing 20th-century windows. On the right-hand wing, a two-light ground-floor casement window is located to the right, with a three-light window to the left and a single-light window above. The left-hand gable has a three-light and two single-light casement windows on the ground floor, and a three-light casement window above.

The interior of one ground floor room in the left-hand cross-wing displays chamfered ceiling beams and joists. In a ground floor room within No. 2, the ceiling joists bear angle beads, and a massive, richly-moulded beam is present, featuring cavetto, roll, and cavetto mouldings both underneath and to the sides. The joists continue to the ceilings of No. 1. Close-studded walling is visible on the ground and first floors, alongside jowled wall posts at first floor level.