A Grade Two listed building, this was formally the Rectory and is now a Community Centre. Sedgefield was originally named Ceddesfeld - 'village among the sedges'. The Latin inscription above the door reads 'By the generosity of Samuel and Shute Barrington, one an Admiral of the British Fleet, the other Bishop of Durham, whose achievements were praised by everyone'.

TODAY Ceddesfeld Hall is the base for Sedgefield Arts, Recreation and Community Association. It is run by volunteers for the benefit of the community and has bar and function facilities as well as smaller meeting rooms. It also welcomes non-member usage of the facilities.

Each user group determines its own meeting times, activities and membership costs. . Where there is an interest in particular topics, but no group providing for it, new Sections can be started by contacting the secretary for more details.

Monthly Executive and Quarterly Management meetings oversee the general running of the Association. Membership of the Association is in excess of 600. There is an annual fee, currently £4 for adults with concessionary rates available. Membership fees are reviewed annually.

Groups and sections provide for all ages and a wide range of interests in the Community.

The old Rectory burned down in 1793, the Barrington brothers replaced it with this miniature stately home and landscaped garden, agreeing that their nephew the Reverend George Barrington, should 'live in the manor to which he was accustomed'. The Rectory has its own ghost story, the tale of the 'Pickled Parson'. The story goes that a Parson died a week before the tithes were due to be paid. His wife took the initiative and fooled the locals by pickling his body in salt, obtaining the rents and announcing his death the next day. For the years until the fire his ghost haunted the Hall, or so the story goes.