The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house that began life as a late 15th-century hall house, with the addition of a 16th-century cross wing, and underwent remodelling in the 18th century, later restored in 1967. It is now a private residence, having previously served as a rectory and later been divided into three cottages. The building is timber-framed with plaster and brick infill, and has an old plain tile roof. The main front has two storeys and three bays, along with a smoke bay and a lower cross wing to the left. A 20th-century top-glazed door sits within an earlier frame in the left bay, accompanied by a flat hood and a reset stone bulls-eye window beside it. A 20th-century two-light casement window is situated to the right, with a pilaster strip below a stack. The right bay features a 20th-century two-light casement in a cambered door opening. The upper floor and cross wing also contain 20th-century three-light casement windows. A substantial early 17th-century stack is located to the left of the centre of the cross wing section. The left side wall of the cross wing includes an external projecting 16th-century stack. Inside, behind the front door is a hall, featuring a 17th-century stone fireplace, early 18th-century panelling, and a dog-leg staircase with turned balusters and a moulded handrail that is ramped up at the corners and curled at the ends. Within the cross wing, both floors have 16th-century fireplaces with 3-centred moulded stone surrounds.