The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a detached house that was originally built as a rectory in 1832 by W. Barnes of Dinton for William Wyndham of Phillips House and William Knatchbull of Babington. The building is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a hipped Welsh slate roof with brick stacks that have moulded capping.

It is two stories high with a four-window front and a mezzanine to the left bay. The entrance consists of a four-panelled door with a transom light set in a pilastered porch located to the right of the center. On either side of the entrance are 12-pane sash windows, while the left bay has 20th-century six-pane sashes on both the ground and mezzanine floors. There is a plat band at the first floor level, which features three 9-pane sashes and one 6-pane sash in the left bay. The building has deep eaves with a moulded stone cornice.

The right side of the house has three 12-pane sashes and a plat band at the first floor, with three 9-pane sashes above. The rear garden front includes a 12-pane sash window to the left, a canted bay with sashes, and two 6-pane sashes to the right on the ground and mezzanine floors. The first floor has two 12-pane sashes and two 6-pane sashes. The left side features a six-panelled door with a transom light, two 9-pane sashes on the mezzanine floor, and three 6-pane sashes on the first floor.

Inside, the main staircase has stick balusters and a continuous moulded handrail, while the back stairs are plainer. The ground floor includes six-panelled doors in moulded architraves, shutters, and marble fireplace surrounds. The mezzanine floor was designed to accommodate a day and night nursery, with services on the low ground floor and servants' quarters on a reduced first floor above. Attached to the left return is a wood-store and scullery, which has planked double doors and chamfered mullioned windows, also topped with a hipped slate roof. The building ceased to function as a rectory in 1959.