The following text is from the original listed building designation:

TR 14 SE LYMINGE MAYFIELD ROAD (south-west side)
4/156 The Old Rectory (formerly 29.12.66 listed as The Rectory)
GV II
Rectory, now house. C16, with early-to-mid C17, late C18 and mid C20 alterations. Formerly timber framed. Front elevation probably late C18 red and grey brick in a Flemish-type bond. Left return elevation red and grey brick in a Sussex-type bond tmardsfront, red brick towards rear. Plain tile roof. Central section of two, or possibly four short, timber-framed bays. C16 right wing projecting forwards slightly and extending to rear, comprising approximately six short timber-framed bays. Wing to left, projecting forwards slightly, with late C18 features but possibly earlier core, and with C19 addition to rear. 2 storeys. Cellar to right wing. Right wing formerly jettied to front and right return. Plat band to central section, single flush course of grey headers to front gable end of each wing. Dentilled brick eaves cornice to wings. Pedimented brick gable spanning central section, with plain base band and dentilled brick verges. Wing roofs hipped to front and rear, with slightly lower ridges than central section. Brick ridge stack to junction of main range and left wing. Projecting brick stack to right. Bulls-eye window to central gable. Regular 7-window front of six recessed two-pane sashes with splayed rubbed brick voussoirs, two to each wing and two to central section), and central round-headed window with rubbed brick voussoirs and radiating glazing bars. Similar ground-floor windows. One two- light horizontally-sliding sash with segmental head to first floor of left return. Central C19 single-storey red brick porch (altered late C20), with panelled door in its left side. Interior: central section has high ceiling inserted, or probably built, in early-to-mid C17, divided into eight by ovolo-moulded cross beam and axial beams with panelled soffits, and ovolo-moulded subsidiary cross beams. Front ground-floor room of right wing has hollow-chamfered cross-beam, dragon beam and joists. Jowled first-floor posts to right wing. Common-rafter roof with high cambered collars to central section. Finely-pierced cornice, and reeded ceiling frieze to low ceiling of front ground-floor room of left wing. Panelled doors. C19 fireplaces.
Listing NGR: TR1611440797

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.