The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a vicarage that has been converted into a private house, built around 1840 with a late 20th-century extension. It is constructed from Chilmark stone, which is dressed at the front and features dressed quoins. The roof is slate with hipped sections and lead rolled hips and ridge. The building has a double-depth rectangular plan, with two main front rooms that face the garden. The entrance is located on the right side, leading into a central stair hall, with small service rooms at the back. There is a small single-storey extension on the left side added in the late 20th century.

The exterior is two storeys high, with a symmetrical two-window southeast garden front that includes 19th-century 16-pane sash windows with stone cills. The doorway on the right side features a panelled and glazed door with a 20th-century glazed porch, and there is a 12-pane sash window above. The symmetrical three-window rear elevation has small two-light casements with glazing bars, along with a single-light casement in the center of the ground floor.

Inside, the building retains much of its original character, although an opening has been made in the wall between the two front rooms. The joinery is largely intact, featuring panelled doors, window shutters, and a staircase with stick balusters and turned newels with finials. The front right room, which served as a study and is reputed to have been Collett's library, has a simple wooden chimneypiece, while the chimneypiece in the left room has been replaced.

The vicarage was home to the Reverend Edward Collett from 1878 to 1924, during which time he published the 'Parish Papers', a notable weekly newspaper in village journalism, which he wrote and printed privately on his own press at the vicarage.