From 1754 to 1841 Ordsall Parish had non-resident Rectors and was cared for by a Curate.  Until 1822 the house stood in Hill Street, facing the church, and was small, thatched, whitewashed, with four large posts at the corners and was partly timber-built.  It was one storey, with an attic reached by a ladder.  When Rev Joshua Flint (curate 1769-1822) died the house was turned into two cottages.  

For Flint's successor, Rev T.H. Marshall, a new and imposing house was built.  Ordsall House was known as the Rectory although it was not until 1841 that a Rector (Thomas King) lived in the building.  D Stott (Rector 1896-1907) enlarged the house and grounds and it continued to be occupied after his death by his wife.  In 1920 (after a period let out) it was sold for £2,000 to Mr Wigram. 

Rev Foster (Rector 1908-1922) lived in Holly Mount on London Road, next to St Albans Church.  It was sold and subsequently became a nursing home, then latterly the Conservative Club.  After a period of dereliction it has now been refurbished as flats.

With the proceeds of the sale of Holly Mount Rev James (Rector 1923-1925) built the present rectory.  The house cost £1,750 and the land £250.  He left the parish before its completion in 1925.  The garden was described as "... laid-out by Mr. C. Barnby Smith, with voluntary help from some railwaymen in the parish."