The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a circa 1685 vicarage and stable, later converted to a private house, with an extension dating to circa 1734 and subsequent alterations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The original house has whitewashed clay walls resting on large footing stones, while the extension is of brick and cobble construction. It has a graduated sandstone slate roof and whitewashed brick chimney stacks. The original building is two storeys and two bays, constructed using cruck framing. The higher, two-storey, two-bay extension adjoins it. The street facade of the original house on the left has a ground floor casement window and a 2-pane sash window with an oriel above, dating to the 19th century. An upper-floor glazed opening to the left has an external wooden shutter, originally serving as the stable end. A section of an end wall collapsed in 1978 and has been rebuilt. The extension features sash windows with glazing bars and painted stone sills. Its end wall contains a pointed cast-iron casement window with intersecting glazing bars, similar to the window above. Two false pointed moulded arches are present on this wall, facing the churchyard, creating the illusion of a ruined church. The rear wall includes an outshut with a 20th-century porch, door, and windows. The interior of the clay house retains two pairs of full crucks. Previously, before 1685, the vicar resided in the tower at the east end of the church, which was described as ruinous in 1703.