The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a rectory dating from 1841, and possibly incorporating an earlier core. It is constructed of ashlar stone with slate roofs and paired ashlar chimney stacks on the north and south ridges. The building is two storeys high and of a square plan, designed in an ornate Tudor Gothic style. It features deep-set mullion windows with small panes of glass, small-paned sash windows, battlemented parapets, and coved cornices.

The west front has an advanced gable to the right, topped with a raked parapet and cornice, along with angle and apex finials. A large, ground-floor, 1:4:1-light canted bay is present, accompanied by a projected first-floor, 3-light window above. The bay has Tudor-arched lights, its own parapet, finials, and a central gablet. The upper window is corniced and embattled, with a small, hooded lancet window at its apex. To the left of the bay, the roof is hipped at the northwest angle. The front features a 2-light first-floor window flanked by single lights, all with hoodmoulds, mirroring the ground-floor arrangement of the door and single-light windows – all Tudor-arched. The ground floor is set within a fine, 3-bay Tudor loggia with buttresses, a pierced parapet, and a central gablet. This loggia connects to an advanced, single-story drawing room with a hipped roof, cornice, parapet, and a projecting, 3-light mullion and transom window. A carved coat of arms is set in a gable above the window, and it has finials. The north side has a large canted bay window. A 2-story gabled wing extends from the northeast, with mullion windows and finials to the gable. The north wall of the main house has carried battlements. The south side is elevated above the road, featuring a plain rendered wall with a parapet. A fine ashlar lean-to conservatory, also in Tudor style, is attached. The conservatory has five bays, a parapet, finials, and iron intersecting glazing bars. A doorway with an overlight and steps leads up to a Tudor-arched door at a right angle to the west front. The glazed roof of the conservatory is missing.

Internally, the centre hall, drawing room (to the left), and dining room (to the right) all boast fine Gothic plaster cornices. The hall and drawing room have central Gothic ceiling roses. The drawing room and dining room contain stone Gothic fireplaces. The hall is divided from the rear stair hall by a stone, Tudor-arched screen, which has a central opening and three lights on either side. A stone, cantilevered stair is located on the rear wall, featuring a Gothic wrought iron balustrade. The building was constructed for the Reverend G. Marsh, who died in 1862.