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.

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