The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house, originally built as a rectory in the early to mid-18th century, with alterations made in the early 19th century and additions from the mid to late 19th century. It likely incorporates an earlier structure. The building is constructed of squared and coursed limestone with stone dressings, and coursed rubble to the rear. The roof is covered with stone-slate and 20th-century machine tiles. The plan is double-depth. It is two storeys and an attic, with a basement. The exterior features a plinth and plat band. There are integral stone and brick end stacks to the left, an integral brick end stack to the right of a rear parallel range, and a brick and stone stack off-centre to the right in a valley. The left-hand gable has a pair of gabled dormers with 2-light wooden casements. The front has early 19th-century glazing bar sashes, stone cills, chamfered ashlar reveals with flat stone arches. A central pair of early 19th-century half-glazed doors are set within an 18th-century rusticated surround with a dropped keystone, and are sheltered by a late 19th-century timber-framed gabled porch with pair of half-glazed doors. A fire insurance plate is located between the central and left-hand first-floor windows. The right-hand gable end has two bays with glazing bar sashes and chamfered stone surrounds. A late 19th-century rear wing is built of coursed rubble with a stone slate roof and a stone and brick ridge stack.

Inside, the main features are from the early 19th century, including a staircase with an open string, cut brackets, stick balusters, a ramped handrail, and a turned foot newel. A partition wall was removed between the entrance hall and the left-hand ground-floor room to create a larger room, revealing an 18th-century segmental-arched stone fireplace to the west. Further early 19th-century fireplaces have reeded architraves. Doors are a mix of 18th-century two-panelled and early 19th-century six-panelled styles. The rear parallel range probably dates to the late 17th century, although it has been significantly altered, as evidenced by a straight joint to the right-hand gable end.