The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a former rectory with an early 16th century core and exterior elements from the 18th and early 19th centuries. The building is two storeys high and is positioned sideways to the road. It features a timber-framed and rendered structure, with part of the roof covered in plain tiles and part in slate. The layout consists of two distinct sections, with the earlier range forming a half-H shape that includes two short cross-wings; the southeast wing jetties out, while the northwest wing is underbuilt.

There are two internal chimney stacks with large, plain, square red brick shafts topped with square mid-19th century chimney pots. The gables have plain bargeboards, and the central range has gutters adorned with a row of miniature cast-iron lions' heads, similar to those at The Red House on Nethergate Street, Hopton. The windows are small-paned sashes set in flush frames, and there are half-glazed double doors leading to an early 19th century timber lattice-work porch with a tented lead roof.

At the extreme east end, there is an early 19th century semi-circular extension made of white brick, which is single-storey with a flat lead-covered roof and a moulded cornice. This extension also features small-paned sash windows and a half-glazed French door. To the west of the older range is a large two-storey extension built around 1830, also timber-framed and rendered, with a hipped slate roof and three windows featuring small-paned sashes with fitted sunblinds above.

The northwest cross-wing of the older range has a plain crown-post roof, with an octagonal crown-post that is only braced to the collar-purlin. The southeast cross-wing retains vestigial remains of the same roof type. The central range's roof was raised, likely in the 18th century, reusing some earlier rafters, and it was probably originally an open hall. The house has historical associations with the essayist Charles Lamb, who lived from 1775 to 1834.