The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house, originally a rectory, dating from about 1510. It was altered and enlarged in 1852, with further changes in the 20th century. The building is constructed of rubble with stone dressings, and has a stone-tiled roof with raised coped verges and kneelers on the south and east gables. It features gable stacks with diagonal chimneys, capped to the west, an external stack to the south west, and another to the west, all with cornices. A pantiled lean-to extends from the rear.

The house follows a T-plan, incorporating a projecting wing to the front. The two-storey main block has a three-bay facade to the left, with five irregular windows on the ground floor. These include a 2-light casement with ovolo mullions and a hood mould, a 2-light casement with pointed segmental heads and a chamfered surround, a similar window to the right, a larger central 2-light casement with a chamfered mullion, hood mould, and relieving arch, and a cross window with a wide ovolo mullion and transom. The first floor features two cross windows, with chamfered mullions and transoms, leaded lights, and small gables above, as well as a 3-light casement under the eaves with chamfered mullions. The projecting wing has a large cross window with a chamfered mullion and transom, and a hood mould. Above this is a 2-light window with segmental heads, chamfered surround, and pierced spandrels, all under a stepped verge. The two bays to the right have a large 8-light window with chamfered mullions and transoms and a king mullion on the ground floor, with a canted bay to the right featuring a similar window. A frieze above has large quatrefoil panels; the first floor has two cross windows with chamfered mullions and transoms, topped with small gables over each. A gable end is visible to the left, behind the projecting wing.

The right return has an external weathered stack to the left and a cross window with a wide ovolo mullion and transom at ground and first floor levels. A two-storey gabled porch on the right features a pointed segmental-headed arched opening with foliage carved in the spandrels, a hood mould, and a triangular oriel above with two Tudor-arched lights. The frieze below contains a blank shield and large moulded corbels. The left return has a two-storey gabled rear wing, the elevation of which is not visible.

The rear elevation has varied, irregular windows and three small gables. All windows have plate glass. An oriel with chamfered mullions and transoms is located to the left; the lower sections are blind. A centrally set-back gabled bay has a carved figure in the gable and a smaller figure at the top of the projecting wall on each side. A 2-light window with a chamfered mullion is at first floor level, and a former door with a hollow-chamfered segmental head, rosettes in the spandrels, bolection-moulded architrave and relieving arch is on the ground floor, now fitted with a 20th-century window. A small pointed segmental-headed fixed light is to the left. A glass lean-to is located to the right, and a 19th-century door has a chamfered pointed segmental head.

The interior was not inspected. Sir Bevil Granville died at the rectory after the Battle of Lansdown in 1643.