Foston Rectory

Foston Rectory is a rectory built in 1813, designed by Sydney Smith, who was a notable figure as the founder editor of the "Edinburgh Review" and served as the parson at Foston from 1808 to 1829. The building is constructed of brick in Flemish bond and features a pantile roof. It has a hallway entry with a canted bay on the rear right and a service wing to the left. The main range is two storeys high with three bays, while the service wing is also two storeys but has four bays.

In the main range, there is a wide glazed door set within a wrought iron porch, flanked by sash windows with glazing bars. On the first floor, there is a deep unequal 15-pane sash window, accompanied by two unequal 9-pane sashes. The roof is hipped with ridge stacks. The service wing contains two 16-pane sash windows, with a 6-pane fixed window to the right on the ground floor, and 16-pane sashes with a 6-pane fixed window to the right on the first floor, also featuring ridge stacks.