The Old Parsonage

The Old Parsonage is a house, likely dating back to the 17th century or earlier, with a facade from the late 18th or early 19th century. The ground floor of the front and left return elevations are painted brick. The ground floor of the rear gable end of the left wing has exposed studding with painted brick infilling. The first floor is weatherboarded. The roof is covered in plain tiles.

The house is positioned facing south and at a right angle to the road. The left-hand section (closest to the road) appears to be a cross-wing, projecting to the rear and returning for a short distance to the right, wrapping around the rear of the main range. The left section is two storeys and has an attic, with higher eaves than the right section, which is two storeys high. The left section’s roof is hipped at the front and rear, the rear hip extending along the short rear section and terminating in a gable. The right section’s roof is hipped to the right. There is a multiple red brick stack towards the left end of the right section, and a rear stack to the short rear return. A small gabled two-light dormer is located on the front hip of the left section.

The fenestration is irregular, with three windows visible from the front. These include a twelve-pane sash in the front gable of the left section, a two-light horizontally-sliding sash, and a three-light casement on the right section. A sash window with narrow margin lights is on the ground floor of the left section. The front door consists of six fielded panels, with a lean-to hood under the stack. The left return elevation, facing the road, has one twelve-pane sash in the centre, two tripartite sashes to the ground floor, and a six-panel flush door with a flat, bracketed hood towards the centre. A two-storey brick addition fills the space between the right section and the rear left return. The interior has not been inspected.