Gawsworth Old Rectory

Gawsworth Old Rectory

Coordinates: 53°13′26″N 2°10′00″W / 53.2240°N 2.1667°W / 53.2240; -2.1667

Gawsworth Old Rectory
Gawsworth Old Rectory
OS grid reference: SJ 889 696
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated: 25 July 1952
Reference #: 1139496
Gawsworth Old Rectory is located in Cheshire
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Location in Cheshire

Gawsworth Old Rectory is a house in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[1] The authors of the Buildings of England series express the opinion that it is "an exceptionally fine timber-framed house".[2]

The house was built as a rectory in about 1470,[2] or in the late 16th century,[1][3] and a north wing was added in 1872. The house is timber-framed, and it retains its hall open to the roof.[2] Much of the timber framing is close studded and the roof is of plain tiles. It is described as "one of the best preserved medium-sized houses of the period in Cheshire, particularly valuable for the survival of the open hall".[1] It is now a private house.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Old Rectory, Gawsworth", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1139496, retrieved 28 April 2011 
  2. ^ a b c Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 368, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6 
  3. ^ a b Pastscape: The Old Rectory, Gawsworth, English Heritage, http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=539419, retrieved 4 April 2008 

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