The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a former rectory, now a house and cottage, dating to the 17th century with additions from around 1800. It is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble and coursed squared ironstone, with a plain tile roof, brick end and ridge stacks, the one to the right having a stone base. The building has a four-unit plan, partly double-depth. It is two storeys and an attic, with a seven-window front. A projecting entrance bay to the left of centre has a round-arched part-glazed door with a limestone surround, imposts, and an extended moulded stone sill to a round-arched two-light mullion and transom window with a stone surround, keyblock and imposts. A keyed oculus sits in the gable. This bay also has a plinth and storey bands in contrasting limestone, and a stone-coped gable. A wing to the left breaks forward, featuring two-light leaded casement windows with pointed arched heads to the left and similar one-light windows to the right on both the ground and first floors. To the right of the door are three bays with 12-pane sashes on the ground floor and nine-pane sashes on the first floor, with cemented brick jambs and hood moulds; a small one-light window is on the ground floor right, with a stone surround and hood mould. This wing has a chamfered plinth, quoins, and a stone-coped gable with kneelers. An attached cottage is to the right side and has two and three-light leaded casement windows to the entrance elevation. Windows and doors have timber lintels, some stop-chamfered. The garden elevation has an irregular fenestration with a central straight joint. The right half has a part-glazed garden door to the right of the joint and 12-pane sash windows. First floor windows have stop-chamfered lintels. The left half has a 20th-century tripartite French window. A six-panel part-glazed back door is present, along with a three-light wood mullion and transom window to the left, and six and twelve-pane sashes on the first floor. The interior has a stone flagged staircase hall with an open-well staircase featuring stick balusters, carved tread ends and a wreathed and ramped handrail. The drawing room contains a double hollow-chamfered four-centred arched stone fireplace, fielded panelling, a fitted cupboard with an arched alcove flanked by pilasters, and a quartered ceiling with moulded beams. A large open fireplace is in the kitchen. An upper room has a fireplace with stone jambs and an oak four-centred arched head.