Gawsworth Old Rectory

Gawsworth Old Rectory is a medieval house in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England. It is known for the rare survival of its "open hall" and the notable 1873 restoration by Richard Norman Shaw, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1]

Gawsworth Old Rectory
Gawsworth Old Rectory
Coordinates53.22495°N 2.16661°W / 53.22495; -2.16661
OS grid referenceSJ 889 696
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated25 July 1952
Reference no.1139496
Gawsworth Old Rectory is located in Cheshire
Gawsworth Old Rectory
Location in Cheshire

The Old Rectory was described as "an exceptionally fine timber-framed house" by Nikolaus Pevsner.[2]

History

Gawsworth Old Rectory was built as a rectory in c.1470[2] by the Gawsworth rector George Baguley, for the opposite St. James' Church.[1][3] Sir Thomas Fytton (Fitton), of nearby Gawsworth Old Hall served as Baguley's patron,[4] and may have helped to finance the rectory's construction.[4] A dedicated inscription to the Fitton family exists built into one of the fireplaces.[5]

St James' Church, Gawsworth.

The house was restored first in c.1724 by rector William Hall, and then famously the second time in 1873 by the architect Richard Norman Shaw.[5]

The house served as a rectory to St. James' Church until 1953, when rector John R. Harrison left, and the rectory was moved elsewhere.[4] Gawsworth Old Rectory is now a private house, and not open to the public.[3] It was sold in August 2016 for £3.25 million.[6]

Architecture
Richard Norman Shaw, who restored the Old Rectory in 1873.

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. Historic England describes the building as "one of the best preserved medium-sized houses of the period in Cheshire, particularly valuable for the survival of the open hall".[1]

See also

References
  1. Historic England, "The Old Rectory, Gawsworth (1139496)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 August 2012
  2. Hartwell, Clare; 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. Pastscape: The Old Rectory, Gawsworth, Historic England, retrieved 4 April 2008
  4. "Rectors of Gawsworth" -
  5. "THE OLD RECTORY, Gawsworth - 1139496 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. "Property details for The Old Rectory Church Lane Gawsworth Macclesfield SK11 9RJ - Zoopla". www.zoopla.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2022.


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