The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a rectory that dates from the early 19th century, with alterations and a northwestern extension added in 1870. The facade features header bond brickwork and a tiled roof with slate margins and end brick stacks. It has a coved plaster cornice and stands two storeys tall with attics and basements, arranged in a five-bay configuration of 2:1:2. The windows have flat gauged arches with part keystones and brick aprons. The upper floor retains original 12-pane sash windows with thick moulded glazing bars, while the lower floor has replacement 12-pane sashes. The entrance is approached by a semi-circular flight of steps, with a doorcase that has a moulded, lugged architrave and pilastered surround, topped with an open segmental hood supported by double-scroll consoles featuring acanthus decoration. The door itself is an eight-fielded-panel design.

At the rear, there are early 19th-century canted bays, and the 19th-century extension is constructed in English-bond brickwork with a hipped, tiled roof. This extension includes four irregular window ranges, one of which is a projecting bay on the right, featuring various sash and casement windows, some ground floor openings having relieving arches. A near-central 20th-century part-glazed plank door is also present.

Inside, the main house contains an original oak staircase with balusters shaped like vases topped with Tuscan columns, larger Tuscan columns as newels, and carved scrolls on the spandrels. The heavy moulded handrail and the wooden landing fascia are decorated with arabesques and are dated. The interior also features various moulded cornices, panelling, and several early 19th-century fireplaces. The overall design of the house is reminiscent of some of the larger townhouses found in Blandford Forum.