The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a late 18th-century rectory, now a house. It is located on the east side of High Street in West Lydford. The building is constructed of coursed and squared lias stone, with a plain stone band at first-floor level. It has a hipped slate roof with 20th-century concrete stacks set on a ridge, ashlar end pilasters, and a moulded stone eaves cornice. The plan is a 'T' shape, with a symmetrical front entrance.

The two-storey, three-bay front has Venetian windows in plain stone surrounds, with the exception of a single semi-circular headed window in the centre of the first floor. Windows are 6:15:6 pane sashes, with the centre first-floor window having 15 panes. A central door opening features a dressed stone surround with a moulded semi-circular head and pilasters on either side. The door is half-glazed, with a fanlight containing radiating glazing bars. A large stone portico, with a flat entablature supported on four fluted Roman Doric columns (three-quarter columns against the walls), provides access. A two-storey wing of lower height is set at right angles to the rear, built in a similar style.

The interior retains contemporary features, including fireplaces and ornamental plasterwork to the principal ground floor rooms.