Glebe House And Attached Steps And Railings

Glebe House, formerly known as The Rectory, is an early 18th-century rectory that has been converted into a house. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressing and features a limestone ashlar facade facing the garden. The roof is made of Collyweston slate. The building has a double depth plan and stands two storeys high, with a basement and attics.

The entrance front consists of a five-window range. The central entrance features a six-panel door with an arch-headed fanlight set in a square surround beneath a stone lintel. The windows are six- and nine-paned sash windows, also set under stone lintels, which create continuous ashlar bands. All openings are dressed with ashlar. The basement includes four three-light, ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows. The building has ashlar quoins and a wooden dentilled cornice. There are five hipped roof dormers with mid-19th-century sash windows, and the double gabled roof has ashlar gable parapets and kneelers. Ashlar end stacks are topped with moulded cornices. A flight of steps with iron railings leads to the front door. Above the door is a sundial featuring a wave-moulded keystone and the inscription, "fear the Lord always."

There is a doorway in the right gable with double chamfered jambs that provides access to the basement. The rear elevation, facing the garden, mirrors the front with a similar five-window range and moulded stone window surrounds. The central part-glazed door has a matching surround.

Inside, the house features an 18th-century staircase with square newels and turned balusters. The room to the right of the entrance contains a secondary 18th-century stair. The garden-facing rooms have some plain panelling, wooden cornices, and chair rails. The fireplaces are adorned with bolection-moulded wooden surrounds, and the first-floor fireplace features an eared surround with egg and dart enrichment. There is an 18th-century cooking range in the basement, and the attic has a plaster floor. The house is noted to have been the home of Captain Lancelott Skynner, R.N., who was the captain of H.M.S. Lutine, which was shipwrecked in 1799.