Gawsworth Old Rectory

1963

Reference Number:- Sprake Number:- Godden Number:-
obk 68  not listed recorded without number
 

View of the Old Rectory, as seen from across the lawn
the image of this silk kindly donated by John Sykes, UK.

Words:
Woven on silk:-
 
B.W.A. MACCLESFIELD
WOVEN IN SILK 1963
 
Printed at bottom of card mount:-
 
Gawsworth Old Rectory
 
 CHESHIRE
ENGLAND
 

Legend printed on inside cover of card mount:-

This well known glebe house, situated close to Macclesfield was built in 1472 and survives very little changed from the time of its erection. A peerless half-timbered house - full of romance, full of history, charged with an old-world atmosphere - Gawsworth Old Rectory lies in peaceful seclusion in rural Cheshire.

Once the home of Mary Fitton - the supposed 'Dark Lady' of Shakespeare's sonnets - this building, unique among all other parsonage houses, in company with medieval church and Old Hall, attracts visitors from all parts of the world.

Size:
Card mount:
20.0 cm deep by 24.5 cm wide

silk:
11.6 cm high by 18.3 cm wide

 
Technical Details supplied by Lewis Cowen:
First Sketch:    Mr Cyril Holland
Etching:R A Riseley
Design Draft:Mr Wm Hine
Card Cutter:Mr William Stubbs
Weavers:Mrs Hilda Mathers
Mr Charles Broadhead
Design No:Z.15365
Comments:

by Lewis Cowen:
The picture for 1963 was GAWSWORTH OLD RECTORY, a well known glebe house, situated close to Macclesfield. Built in 1472 it survives very little changed from the time of its erection.

Other comments: 

 


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