The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a former rectory, dating in part to the early 17th century and largely reconstructed in the 18th century, around 1767. It was divided into two units around 1960 and is now a private house. The building is of brick, with some original rubble stone walls at the rear, and has a concrete tile roof with coped gables. There are two brick stacks on the ridge of the central range and on the outer slopes of the wings. The plan is U-shaped, with a recessed central section and projecting gabled wings at each end.

The main façade has a centre recessed section with a flush gable and projecting wings. The original entrance, now partly blocked, has a door in a classical surround with Ionic pilasters, an entablature with a pulvinated frieze, a dentil cornice, and a pediment. Flanking this are inserted sash windows with glazing bars. A Venetian window with sashes and glazing bars, set within a gauged arch with a keystone, is above the entrance. A circular window is in the attic. The left gable has a tripartite sash window with glazing bars on the ground floor, and a Venetian window above. The attic of the left wing has a casement window with diamond lead lights. A lean-to extension with garage doors is at the left end. The right gable features Venetian windows on both the ground and first floors, and a casement window with glazing bars in the attic.

The rear wall is very thick, possibly a refacing of older walls. A single stone mullioned window is visible in the left end wall. The interior retains significant original features, despite subsequent partitions. These include a cut string staircase with turned balusters, a moulded and wreathed handrail, carved spandrel brackets, an enriched ceiling to the stair hall on both ground and first floors, moulded cornices, carved 18th-century fireplace surrounds, panelled doors with eared architraves, and internal panelled arches with shutters to the Venetian windows. There are metope friezes with shields above the original front and rear doors. The rear of the stair hall shows the former site of a spiral staircase; the lower flight is lost, but the upper flight has been reconstructed.