Rectory And Garden Wall To East

The building is a rectory, dating to around the 17th century, with extensions from the early 19th century. It is now a private house, and it includes a garden wall to the east. The construction is of stone rubble, with granite quoins, and ashlar stone for the early 19th-century extension. The roof is covered in rag slate, with hipped ends to the 17th-century range and gable ends to the rear wings. There are brick stacks on the gable end of the right-hand rear wing, an axial stack, an original rear lateral stack of the left-hand room of the 17th-century range, and an axial stack in the left-hand rear wing.

The original layout is unclear, but the 17th-century rectory may have comprised two rooms with a cross or through passage. The left-hand room was heated by a rear lateral stack, and the right-hand room by an end stack. It's uncertain whether the rear right-hand wing was part of the original house or a later addition, likely with a two-room plan, heated by axial and gable end stacks. In the early 19th century, the house was remodelled, and a further range was added to the rear of the left side. This range accommodated the main reception rooms overlooking the garden, featuring a large central room with a canted bay window. The original passage in the 17th-century range was widened to accommodate a staircase, and the rear right-hand wing became a service range, incorporating a kitchen, back kitchen, and dairy.

The exterior of the 17th-century range has a symmetrical three-window front, with renewed 20th-century 16-pane horned sash windows on the left and an early 19th-century 16-pane sash on the right. A six-panel part-glazed door is centrally positioned, with Doric columns supporting a hipped slate roof porch. Three 16-pane sash windows are on the first floor, with the left-hand window horned. The garden front of the 19th-century range on the left has a symmetrical five-window front with dressed stone segmental arches over the ground and first-floor openings, and a central canted bay projection. There are mid-19th-century 4 and 6-pane sashes with original glass.

The interior is largely complete, including an early 19th-century open-string staircase in the entrance hall of the 17th-century range. Original doors, doorcases, plaster cornices, and shutters remain, though some fireplaces have been replaced. Late 18th-century and mid-19th-century cast-iron grates are present in two bedrooms.

A circa 18th-century garden wall to the east of the rectory is built of cob with stone rubble footings and a slate pitched roof. It forms an enclosed walled garden. Copies of the rectory terriers are held by the owner.