Gawsworth Old Rectory

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Gawsworth Old Rectory is a house in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ890698). It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

The house was built as a rectory in the late 15th[2] or 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]

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  1. ^ a b c Images of England: The Old Rectory, Gawsworth. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
  2. ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Edward Hubbard [1971] (2003). The Buildings of England: Cheshire. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 223. ISBN 0 300 09588 0. 
  3. ^ a b Pastscape: The Old Rectory, Gawsworth. English Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.

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