The Rectory

The Rectory, now a house, was built in 1825 for Reverend Francis Haggett, possibly incorporating elements of an earlier house dating to 1761. It has rendered walls and some brickwork, with Welsh-slate roofs and rendered and brick stacks. The house is arranged with a double-depth plan and a service wing.

The front elevation has four windows, with the central section slightly projecting. This section features an enclosed porch with double pilasters and six-panel double doors, above which are two nine-pane sashes. The outer bays have nine-pane sashes above twelve-pane sashes set within rectangular recesses. The roof is shallow-hipped, featuring wide eaves with shaped brackets and panelled soffits. A lower brick service wing extends one window to the right and returns to the front in a six-window range. The left end wall of the main range has a French window with margin lights, and the five-window garden front features a central semi-circular projection with three sashes (some of which have shutters), and tripartite sashes at ground floor in the outer bays.

Inside, the stair hall has an open-well staircase with a ramped and wreathed mahogany handrail. The bow-ended drawing room has a delicate cornice and a marble fireplace. The large kitchen in the service wing has a flagged floor and panelled shutters. Nuneham Park, within whose setting the Rectory sits, is included in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (HBMC) County Register of Gardens at Grade I.