Old Rectory

A large and picturesque two-storey house in red brickwork in regular stretcher bond (suggesting advanced use of cavity construction?) and with Tudor details. Slate roofs with four gables to north and south; generous overhang to eaves and verges. The roof has an east-west spine range, linking all four north/south ranges.

The 1851 enlagement has produced a curious mixture of symmetry and asymmetry in the front elevation to the lawn at south. The upper windows of the three left bays are 12-pane hornless sash windows, possibly retained from the earlier core of the house; the upper window of the right bay and the lower windows of all four bays are of an innovative C19 design with mullions and transoms, incorporating lower sashes beneath fixed upper lights. There is a door in the second bay from the left similarly beneath a transom and overlight. All of the window and door openings have segmental arches, chamfered arches and jambs, and brick label moulds. There is probably a string course at mid height (concealed by ivy) as on the side and rear elevations.

The entrance to the house in its present form is to the east, in an elevation with two gables incorporating C19 mullion, transom and sashes windows; at right below is an open-fronted porch with a plain door.

The north elevation shows the gables of the same four north/south ranges as the south; it has horned 12-pane sash windows above and cross windows below, except for the lower window at left (mullion, transom and sashes) and at right (a sash window similar to those above).

The three west bays are planned quasi symmetrically with a narrow hall and stairs enclosure. The stairs are of simple Regency type with inch-square balusters on a closed string and a plain handrail. Panelled doors and door casings.