Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a mid-19th century building, originally a rectory, later a convalescent home, and now a house in multiple occupation, situated in Chew Stoke village. It is constructed of snecked rock-faced limestone rubble with limestone and sandstone dressings, covered by a slate roof. The building follows an L-shaped plan and is designed in an asymmetrical Gothic style.

The main front is two storeys high and four bays wide. Ground floor windows have ogee-headed lights, while first floor windows have pointed arched lights. The first bay features a four-light mullion and transom window with a stopped hood mould; above it is a three-light window with a continuous hood mould and relieving arch, incorporating a quatrefoil in the gable. The gable has raised coped verges and kneelers, with chamfered and broached walls and a diagonal buttress to the left. The second bay is canted, with a five-light mullion and transom window, a lintel string course, and a smaller window at first floor with a cill string and corbelled eaves to a hipped roof. The third bay contains a pointed arched door in a moulded surround, with mask stops, a relieving arch, and two string courses above which are two blank shields. A two-light pointed arched window with cusped tracery follows, also with a hood mould and relieving arch. A tower rises above this bay, featuring a trefoil and hipped roof, with corbelled eaves. The fourth bay is canted, mirroring the second, with continuing string courses, a chamfered and broached wall, a diagonal buttress to the right, and a trefoil in the gable. Limestone quoins and sandstone relieving arches are present.

The right return features an external stack to the left and two two-light pointed arched windows with cusped tracery and hood moulds with mask stops. A pointed arched door, similarly surrounded and hooded, is situated to the right. Two mullion and transom windows are at the first floor, and there are two 20th-century windows. The left return has a corbelled external stack to the right and a gable stack to the left with gargoyles. The ground floor contains a four-light and a three-light window with pointed arched heads, a plain surround, and a relieving arch, and a three-light ogee-headed window to the right, with the centre light lowered for a 20th-century door. The first floor has four windows of varying sizes, and the gable end to the left has a trefoil, with a continuous hood mould extending from the first floor right window. A cill string is also present. A single-storey service wing is attached to the left, with a coped wall.

The rear of the building has a variety of windows, including a large three-light window with Perpendicular tracery illuminating the stairwell. There is also a two-storey rear wing with a pointed arched door, a three-light window with a segmental head, and two 20th-century windows on the first floor. The rear is constructed of snecked sandstone rubble.