The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a former rectory, now a house, built around 1830. It features rubble construction with ochre-washed render, stone dressings, and a hipped slate roof supported by two brick stacks on stone bases. The building has a T-shaped plan that includes a service wing and a later addition to the north. The west front is two storeys high with an attic and consists of three bays. The windows are 12-pane sashes, and there are two dormers with 9-pane sashes. Notable architectural details include a stone plinth course, a first-floor platband, and a deeply projecting, bracketed eaves cornice. The central round-headed doorway is adorned with impost blocks and a keystone, featuring a 6-panel door set in a deep reveal with a spoked fanlight. The south front has two later canted bays on the ground floor. Inside, there is a staircase with a turned newel post, square balusters, and a mahogany handrail, along with stone flags in the central corridor. The rectory was built during the time of the Rev. W.S. Birch, as noted in the Wiltshire Collections by Aubrey & Jackson from 1862.