The Old Parsonage

The Old Parsonage is a detached house with origins dating back to around 1500, and subsequently modified throughout the following centuries. It is constructed of ham stone, with squared blocks, and has a thatched roof with stepped coped gables. Brick chimney stacks sit on stone bases. The house has two storeys and two bays. It features horizontal-bar casement windows with three lights on both levels. A 19th-century part-glazed door is located between the bays, sheltered by a gabled thatched stone porch with an open segmental outer arch. A projecting chimney stack with medieval-style offsets is located between the first bay and the door.

Internally, the house retains a two-room cross-passage plan. The south room has a three-centre-arched stone fireplace set into the east wall, and several beams, including a fragment of a moulded beam-and-panel ceiling. On the first floor, there are indications of a possible through-truss in the central wall. The cupboard staircase and doors suggest a significant late 18th-century remodelling. 20th-century additions have been made to the rear.

The house is believed to have originally been the hall and service range of a larger house. A 19th-century drawing held in Taunton Museum depicts a demolished south crosswing, which may have served as a parlour. The building exhibits stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.