The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house with origins dating back to the 18th century, though it was remodelled and altered several times during the 19th century. In the 1830s, the Reverend E.E. Coleridge, a nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, changed the appearance of the house to include a gable to the front, a thatched verandah with arched bays, and incorporated some medieval masonry, possibly from the adjacent parish church. The thatched roof and verandah have since been removed, and a later 19th-century bay window was added. 20th-century renovations were also carried out.

The house is constructed of whitewashed and rendered walls, likely stone and cob, with a slate roof, gabled at the ends, featuring deep eaves and crested ridge tiles. Brick stacks are located at the ends and along the axis. The layout is an L shape, consisting of a main range with three rooms, an axial passage containing the staircase, a one-room plan wing to the left rear, a probably 20th-century block at the right end, and a 19th-century brick rear projection.

The front elevation presents a symmetrical three-bay design with a central gable. A late 19th-century canted bay window to the ground floor has large 4-pane plate glass sashes. Flanking the bay are late 18th or early 19th century 8-over-12-pane sashes, along with matching 16-pane first-floor sashes. The gable features a small arched stone-framed window with carved stone bosses above the arch and at the sill. A 20th-century block is slightly set back, with casement windows. The left return has late 18th or early 19th century 12-pane ground-floor sashes and 20th-century replacements above; a 19th-century Tudor-style attic storey casement has a moulded frame and hoodmould. The front door is early 19th century, panelled and set within a round-headed recess with panelled reveals and a fanlight with spoke glazing. The left wing has 20th-century small-pane timber sashes. The rear elevation retains an early 19th-century round-headed stair window. The rear projection includes two re-used 2-light traceried windows, possibly originating from a medieval belfry. An arched Gothic doorframe with a studded door leads into the rear of the house.

The interior retains circa early 19th century joinery, including panelled doors, a staircase with stick balusters and a ramped handrail which divides at the top, and a window in the attic with re-sited tracery. The roof contains an early 19th-century king post and strut. The house has group value with the nearby church and Sunday school.