Mardon House, situated in the valley of the Wray at the foot of the Sentry, has been the site of the Rectory for a long time. When the Clack family, Rectors from 1774 to 1901, lived there it was one of the best houses in the town, with its glebe land and farm and many servants. When the Rev. Dewey was appointed in 1901, however, the old building was found to be very dilapidated, and W.F.D. Smith, as patron of the living, built a new Rectory nearly but not quite on the same site. This remained the rectory until the time of the Rev. Leadbitter in 1930, when it became a private house and what is now “The Old Rectory” in Cross Street was used instead.