The current rectory building on this site dates to 1864 but a date stone built into the house is marked 1700 which probably came from an earlier Rectory (PIN160). The adjacent farm within this polygon gets its name from its association with the rectory. Glebe farm would have been assigned to the clergyman to provide an income (Field 1972, 89). The Rectory sits within the remains of a moat which predates it. This is likely to have been the site of the former Manor house of Tankersley. The presence of the church adjacent to this site supports this as lords usually built their churches next to there manor houses (Hey 1975, 110-1). The Hall within Tankersley Park was built in the beginning of the 16th century. It was the fashion at this time for Halls to be built away from the village. The moat survives in part as a earthwork but is partially filled in. This gives partial legibility of the earlier character of the site.