Grindle House

Detached house, formerly the Clyst St Mary Rectory, likely dates from the 18th century. It is built of rough-rendered brick with a smooth, stepped, rendered plinth and has a slate roof with coped gables and double stacks with rendered shafts. The building is arranged with a double-depth plan and a central staircase; the front rooms are heated by internal end stacks, while the back rooms are served by rear stacks.

The front of the house presents a symmetrical five-window range, with all windows being 12-pane hornless sashes. A central porch features Tuscan columns supporting a flat entablature with a cornice and dentils, and is topped by a parapet. The right-hand elevation has two small attic sashes, with three panes at the top and six at the bottom, as well as two 12-pane hornless sashes to each of the first and ground floors. The left-hand elevation similarly features three attic sash windows and two 12-pane hornless sashes to each floor, alongside a round-headed window to the ground floor. A later extension exists at this end, and a further, possibly contemporary, extension runs along the rear, maintaining the alignment of the main range but at a lower height; the rear extension has one sash window to its front face and another to its gable wall.

The interior includes plaster cornices and panelled doors with reeded architraves to the principal rooms. A staircase has stick balusters.