A parsonage house had been built in 1856 on glebe land in School Road.

The holder of a benefice owns the "freehold" of the post (the church and the parsonage house) for life.

This house was constructed on the glebe of St. Philip's Episcopal Church as the parsonage house.

Those ancient parishes served by perpetual curates remained legally 'vicarages'; and hence the parsonage house was so designated.

He also bought a house to serve as a parsonage house for the (catholic) vicar.

During his rectorship Mason built the parsonage house at Orford.

Patty Primrose, or, The parsonage house 1810.

Though it remains adjacent to the church it has not been a parsonage house since the end of the 19th century.

Nichols provides an interesting illustration of the church and its adjoining parsonage house (p. 477) pulled down in 1746 and rebuilt.

He was born on 28 January 1794 in the parsonage house at Basildon, Berkshire, where his parents were temporarily residing.