Parsons Hill And Old Rectory And Attached Stable Block

The property comprises a rectory, now divided into two houses, originating in the late 17th and early 18th century. It was substantially remodelled and extended in the mid-19th century, with further alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble, with limestone and ashlar dressings, some brick and rendered areas, and slate roofing, incorporating pantiles in places.

The architectural style is irregular, incorporating Jacobethan details. The north front has three storeys and a 1:1:1 window arrangement. The central bay projects as a tower; the original open ground floor porch has been filled with a 20th-century three-light window, above which is a stepped string course and shield. There are two-light multi-pane casements with ovolo mullions at the first and second floors, and a lancet window above. Octagonal ashlar stacks top each side of the tower, which has shaped gables with finials. The flanking bays feature similar two-light casements at the first and second floors, and a single-storey flat-roofed porch in the angle to the left, with a 20th-century door and window. A 4-centred arch to the right side of the centre bay has a 20th-century window inserted. Weathered diagonal buttresses are present on the right return, alongside a ground-floor multi-pane cross window, weathered string, and a similar two-light casement at the first and second floors, topped with a lancet and shaped gable. A single-storey 20th-century addition featuring multi-pane lights and a glazed door is on the left return, with a small wooden casement at the first floor, buttresses, lancet, and gable mirroring the right return.

A rear wing, formed by an earlier building on the right return, is two storeys high and has three windows. The ground floor features two canted bays with multi-pane cross windows and sidelights, topped with a parapet and coping. A central glazed door is set within an 18th-century surround, having pilasters, a triglyph and rosette frieze, mutules to the cornice, and a string course. The first floor has two two-light and a central single-light casement. The left return of the wing is also two storeys and three windows, with 19th-century wooden cross windows and leaded glazing. A central 20th-century panelled and glazed door has an open pediment; a flat-roofed addition with a small plate-glass sash is situated to the right at first floor level. The rear, rendered, elevation has a two-span roof with gable stacks. The ground and first floors on the left have three-light multi-pane casements, and a single-storey addition with a hipped roof to the right features an 18-pane sash and door.

Attached to the rear of the left return is a stable with a single-storey connecting wing featuring a door and sash window to the right, and a 20th-century single light to the left. A two-storey stable/coach house has segmental-headed entries to the right and left, with a taller section featuring double doors to the left, a central two-light casement, a blocked door and stable door with brick segmental heads, two loading doors, and a two-light casement under the eaves. A bellcote is attached to the wall. The rear of the stable has a pantiled catslide roof with a two-light casement at ground and first floor level, and a four-pane light under the eaves to the right. The interior of the main building was not inspected.