The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a lodging house. It was built around 1835 and enlarged in the early 20th century. The building is rendered over rubble, with some parts featuring grooved ashlar and roughcast from the early 20th century addition. It has shallow pitched hipped slate roofs over canted bays and a steeply pitched gabled addition with bargeboards on the left side, along with brick stacks.

The layout consists of a double pile design with two storeys and a facade that features a 1:3:1 bay arrangement. The main block has full-height canted outer bays with 16-pane sash windows on each facade. There are blocked windows in the right bay center and flanking outer bays on the left. The ground floor includes mullioned and transomed French windows, which may be contemporary with the facade but were likely renewed in the early 20th century. A central ashlar Ham stone Tuscan doorcase features a segmental headed fanlight with scalloped glazing bars and double half-glazed doors. The inner doors are also double, half-glazed with marginal glazing bars and panelled reveals.

To the left, there is an addition with a first-floor 16-pane sash window set to the left and a similar window in the center on the ground floor, along with a string course. The right return has a single-storey lean-to gabled conservatory (not included in the listing) with mixed fenestration, including an early 19th-century two-light leaded casement below the eaves. The rear elevation overlooks the churchyard of the Church of St John and features mixed fenestration under square hoodmoulds.

Inside, there is an early 19th-century stick stair with a cut string and a mahogany handrail set at the rear of the toplit. The entrance hall is full-height with a balcony and arched recesses on the first floor, along with 20th-century wrought iron railings. Many original panelled doors remain. The front room on the right has a marble fireplace with detached columns, an anthema frieze, a modern grate, and plasterwork cornices featuring acanthus leaves and fixed foliage. The front room on the left is said to contain similar decoration, and both rooms have original shutters. The building was noted to be in poor condition at the time of the survey in December 1983.