The Rectory

The Rectory is a house incorporating fabric from the early 16th century to the rear, the mid-18th century to the central portion, and the early 19th century to the front.

The front of the house is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a stone slate roof with a brick stack. It is arranged with a two-unit plan and two storeys, featuring a three-window range. A reset mid-18th century doorway is located on the left side, topped with a flat hood supported by consoles, and is framed by a moulded stone architrave. The doorway has an early 19th century six-panelled door. The windows are early 19th century six-pane sashes set within ashlar architraves. One bay on the left side wall shows flat brick arches and brick architraves framing six-pane sashes. A hipped roof covers this section, and a rear stack adjoins the mid-18th century block.

The mid-18th century central block is two storeys and an attic, with a four-window range of coursed limestone rubble, featuring gauged brick flat arches and dressings to early 19th century six-pane sashes. A brick storey band runs across the facade, and there are three hipped roof dormers. The roof is gabled with stone slate, and brick gable end and ridge stacks are present. A stair turret to the right side (formerly the rear) has a surround similar to that of an obscured 18th century sash window. A 19th century, single-storey extension with hipped roofs, one built up to two storeys, has been added to this section.

The rear block consists of two bays, constructed of random limestone rubble with a gabled stone slate roof and a gable end stack. The left side wall retains a label mould over an early 16th century three-light stone mullioned, cavetto-moulded arch-headed window. The rear wall shows a timber lintel over a 20th century door, an 18th century two-light leaded casement, and two paired mid-19th century sashes.

The interior features 18th and early 19th century six-panelled doors in moulded architraves. The hall, open to the roof, contains an early 19th century dog-leg staircase with a wreathed handrail and a landing balcony. A Regency style dining room at the front of the mid-18th century block has an early 19th century fireplace, doors, and a plaster cornice. A mid-18th century dog-leg staircase to the rear has urn balusters on a closed string. Two blocked and paired pointed, chamfered arches lead to the early 16th century rear block, which incorporates an original central chamfered beam on the ground floor, quartered chamfered beams on the first floor, and a three-bay queen-post roof.