Manor Offices

The Manor Offices, originally a rectory, are now council offices and a museum. Built in the late 18th century, the building was altered in the mid-20th century. It features a rendered exterior that mimics ashlar stonework, with a random rubble service wing and a shallow-pitched asbestos slate roof. The main elevation has boxed eaves and external stacks that are cut off below the apex of the roof. The building has a T-plan layout with a double-fronted block and a central corridor leading to a stair hall, with a long service wing behind.

The structure is two stories high and has three bays. The first floor includes 12-pane sash windows, while the ground floor features French windows with marginal glazing bars; one window on the left side is partly blocked. A central Doric porch with a reproduction door of six raised and fielded panels is present, along with a rectangular light above that has a diamond pane. The right side of the building, which faces the car park, has a gable end with French windows flanking a chimney projection. These windows do not have marginal glazing bars but retain original internal shutters.

The stair block has a first-floor 16-pane sash window and a French window with marginal glazing bars below it, along with two 12-pane sashes above in the cross gable of the service wing. The service wing also features a 4-light casement window below and a long range with two 2-light casements.

Inside, there are remnants of 18th-century raised and fielded panelling, a door, and a dentil moulded cornice in the corridor adjoining the stairwell. The staircase has turned balusters and a moulded handrail that sweeps up to the newels. A late 19th-century coloured glass window lights the stairwell, which has a short flight of stairs flanked by balusters that curve around the newels; this room has not been seen.

Historically, the rectory garden contained The Labyrinth, a maze designed by Viscount Mahon in 1821, which was considered the main attraction for visitors to Holsworthy until its destruction in the early 20th century. The site is now a car park. The Church Commissioners sold the rectory to the District Council in 1947.