The Old Pele And Rectory Farmhouse And Barn

The Old Pele and Rectory Farmhouse and Barn is a house and farm complex, with former use as a Rectory, dating probably to the early 15th century. It began as a tower house, with a hall range added in the late 15th or early 16th century. Later alterations occurred in the late 17th and late 18th centuries, alongside early 19th-century barns and rear extensions from 1879. The tower and hall are constructed of large blocks of coursed red sandstone, with extensions of hammer-dressed red sandstone. Welsh and green slate roofs and stone chimney stacks top the building.

The two-storey tower, originally probably three storeys, has a single bay and walls over one metre thick, now with a gabled roof. It features a 20th-century French window with a plain late 18th-century surround, and a two-pane sash window above in a similar surround. A filled ground floor entrance, of undetermined date, is visible on the end wall, with a small filled window above. A small filled ground floor window and a single-pane window are present on the rear wall.

Internally, the ground-floor vaulted chamber, which contains a newel stair now filled in the north-east angle, has an entrance point from the hall, likely dating to the 15th century. A later fireplace is found in the rear wall. The upper chamber retains the remains of a stone dividing wall, probably from the 16th century, with fireplaces in the rear and side walls. A probable garderobe outlet is located behind the side fireplace. A filled window covered by the hall wall suggests the hall was built later than the tower.

The hall range, to the left of the tower, is of two storeys and three bays, with stonework similar to the tower, and walls one metre thick, with the rear wall now internal. The front has been refenestrated in the late 18th century, featuring sash windows with glazing bars to the left and two-pane sashes to the right. The left ground floor window shows remains of arched stonework for an original opening. A later 17th-century entrance, formerly with a segmental pediment, has been filled and recut with a plain 18th-century surround, and features a 19th-century top-glazed door. An eye-level quoin stone on the right, partially covered by an extension, has an incised sundial.

L-shaped buildings adjoining the left side, Rectory Farm and barn, form an integral part of the complex and are included in the listing despite some 20th-century alterations to windows and entrances; they are now a separate property. This represents the most complete fortified vicarage in the area.