The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a former rectory, now a house, likely dating from the late 17th to early 18th century, but significantly remodelled and extended between 1808 and 1809 by Richard Pace of Lechlade, with further alterations in the early 20th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble limestone with dressed quoins, and has stone slate roofs with coped gables. Rendered and ashlar chimneys have moulded strings. The building has a U-plan, with a smaller wing projecting to the east. It is two storeys high. The south front has a three-bay main block, featuring two-light stone mullion windows. All windows have Tudor hoodmoulds, and the upper windows include recessed chamfers. Small gables are above the upper windows, with leaded glazing, and some mullions are likely early 20th-century replacements. A ground-floor window on the right is set into a blocked doorway. To the right is a single-storey wing built between 1808 and 1809, containing three bays of three-pane sash windows set within raised stone architrave surrounds with keyblocks; each sash has a shaped relieving arch above it. The west front also has three bays with gabled outer bays, featuring early 20th-century leaded casements with older Tudor hoodmoulds, and a central door with four shaped panels. In front of this door is an ashlar porch, dating from 1808-09, with a moulded string and parapet, and three chamfered archways. The east front is irregular but retains three early 19th-century four-pane sashes to the first floor, and a door with Gothic glazing. The interior was remodelled in the early 19th century, and includes a staircase with turned balusters, a wreathed handrail and scroll tread ends. A trade card illustrating the building from the period is held at the Bodleian Library.