The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a detached house with origins dating back to the 15th century, possibly initially not built as a house. It was adapted in the 16th and 17th centuries, with later modifications. The building is constructed of local stone rubble, with some cob, and features a rendered bay that is colorwashed. It has a thatched roof with full hips and brick chimney stacks. The house has an 'L' plan, is two storeys high, and consists of five bays with random fenestration, where bay 4 appears to be a later extension.

The windows vary: bay 1 has ovolo-mould timber casements, with a four-light window below and a three-light window above; bay 2 features early casements of three lights with chamfered mullions; bay 3 is blank at the lower level, but the upper level and both levels of bay 4 have steel casements with two- and three-light configurations. To the left of bay 2, there is a projecting colorwashed brick porch with a thatched roof, which has glazed outer doors. The inner doorway features a heavy timber frame that is shouldered at the head, dating to around 1500, with a boarded door. There is also a small lean-to extension at the rear.

Internally, the layout consists of two rooms with a cross passage. The south room has a flat-headed moulded surround fireplace against the cross passage, along with deep hollow-chamfered beams. The staircase, located on the other side of the doorway, has heavy turned balusters with a heavy rail and a ball finial on the newel, likely dating from the late 16th to early 17th century. The north room, separated from the passage by a stud and panel screen, contains a fireplace with a scroll design on the bressumer. On the first floor, there is a boarded partition with an in-and-out pattern.

The roof structure includes four trusses: two are jointed crucks (one open and one closed), while the others are either tie-beam trusses or post-and-truss structures, both closed and later modified, with one surviving windbrace. There is some wattle-and-daub work in the roof space, and at the north end, there is a one-bay-wide smoke bay. The sequence of development prior to the 17th century has been the subject of much debate.