Rectory

The Rectory was built about 1820 and replaced an earlier building. It was restored in 1858. The Rev'd Thomas Steele was the Rector in the village from 1857-1902. He lived at the Rectory with his wife Agnes. They had a cook, Eliza Coe, and two domestic servants; Ann Bisley and Elizabeth Browning. There are early photographs taken at this time of the interior of Whepstead Rectory. These are in the Spanton-Jarman collection (reproduced thanks to the Bury Past and Present Society). The Whepstead clergy no longer live in Whepstead Rectory but it remains an important building in the village.

Whepstead Rectory dining room (reproduced thanks to the Bury Past and Present Society )

Whepstead Rectory drawing room (reproduced thanks to the Bury Past and Present Society )