The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a large, sprawling two-storey former rectory, largely built in the Gothick style. The earliest part of the property is the gabled cross-wing located on the south side. Most of the remainder, including the L-shaped service wing (with the eastern range being a continuation of the cross-wing), dates from a later addition. The exterior is rendered rubblestone, with slate roofs, some of which have overhanging verges.

The main entrance is on the west side, accessed via a long, asymmetrical three-bay range, which may also be of early origin. This facade features three four-paned sash windows directly below the eaves and a larger sash window with a dripstone on the ground floor to the right. A timber mullioned and transomed window, also with a dripstone and trefoil-headed tracery to the upper lights, is located on the ground floor to the left. A porch, offset to the centre bay, has a very shallow hipped slate roof and four fluted pilasters to the front, framing half-glazed double doors and a glazed inner door. Integral rendered end stacks located to the left and a ridge stack to the right (near the junction with the cross-wing) have elaborately decorated circular brick shafts; the end stack has two, and the ridge stack has three, with moulded plinths and capping.

The left gable end has two symmetrically spaced mullioned windows on the first floor, and two tall mullioned and transomed windows below, all with trefoil-headed tracery to the upper lights and dripstones. The cross-wing to the right (south) features a four-paned sash window on the first floor of the gable, and a two-light casement window on the ground floor of the left return, which angles with the long range. A slight projection from the eaves on the right return has three sash windows on the first floor, and a horizontal sliding sash window to the left, alongside a C20 French window and a tripartite sash window to the right on the ground floor. A slightly recessed wing, set at right angles to the rear of the long range, has two almost full-height mullioned and transomed windows to the north wall, reflecting the detailing of the long range. There is an integral end stack to the left with paired octagonal shafts.

The service ranges on the south and east sides of the house have a mixture of original sashes (four-paned and twelve-paned) on the first floor, and mainly-altered openings with C20 windows on the ground floor. Plain ridge and end stacks are also present.

On the principal ground floor of the cross-wing are two substantial cross-beams, with an infilled inglenook fireplace to one wall and a close-studded timber-framed wall opposite. The floor was originally stone flag, but this was removed in the 1960s. The main range includes a hall with a Gothick staircase, featuring quatrefoil decoration to the string, turned balusters, and carved newels, alongside an elaborately boxed ceiling beam. The dining room, situated within the range with tall mullioned and transomed windows, has a cornice to a high ceiling. Throughout, there are four- and six-panel doors and panelled window shutters.