The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house. It likely dates from the 15th century and was partly rebuilt in 1846. The building is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, featuring an old plain-tile roof and crenellated stone stacks. It has a hall and a cross wing with a rear range.

The front of the building has a central door with a 4-centre arched head, situated below a 2-light cinquefoil mullioned window. To the left, there is a similar window and two tall 2-light windows with cinquefoil heads above and below the transoms, which probably date from the 15th century. To the right, there is a projecting gable of a taller cross wing that has mullioned windows across three floors and a bell under a tiled canopy in the gable. The entrance front to the left features an arcade of two segmental pointed arches between gables. On the first floor, there is a central 2-light arched window with tracery and a transom, possibly medieval, set within a gabled half dormer. To the left, there is a 15th-century window with three lights and cinquefoil heads, which has deep casement moulding and a label.

The garden front has a projecting central gable with a crenellated bay at ground level, and all windows have transoms, cinquefoil heads, and labels. Inside, the four-bay front range contains an open hall and a two-storey bay, which now forms a gallery over a through passage. The 15th-century roof features two arch-braced collar trusses and a gable frame to the left, while the collar truss to the right suggests truncation by the current cross wing. There are two rows of butt purlins with arched windbraces, and the rafters include ashlar pieces. The lower lights of the hall windows are fitted with pine shutters. The end gable wall has been rebuilt and now includes a 19th-century fireplace and 20th-century mullioned windows. The 19th-century rear range contains the principal rooms, all featuring moulded pine beams that create coffered ceilings supported on carved stone corbels. The Rectory was rebuilt by William Birkett, the Rector, whose arms are displayed over the main entrance on a date plaque.