Gawsworth Old Hall is a Grade I listed country house in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England. It is a timber-framed house in the Cheshire black-and-white style. The present house was built between 1480 and 1600, replacing an earlier Norman house. It was probably built as a courtyard house enclosing a quadrangle, but much of it has been demolished, leaving the house with a U-shaped plan.
Notable residents have included Mary Fitton, perhaps the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's sonnets, and Samuel "Maggoty" Johnson, a playwright described as the last professional jester in England, whose grave is nearby in Maggoty Wood, a small National Trust woodland. In 1712 a dispute about the ownership of the Gawsworth estate culminated in a celebrated duel, in which both the combatants were killed.
The hall is surrounded by formal gardens and parkland, which once comprised an Elizabethan pleasure garden and, possibly, a tilting ground for jousting. The grounds are listed Grade II*, and contain four Grade II listed buildings, including the gatehouse, gatepiers, and garden walls. The hall and grounds are open to the public at advertised times, and events are organised. During the summer months a series of concerts and other entertainment is arranged in an open-air theatre near the hall.
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Ireland, Alexander Fitton (died 1698). Fitton took his title from GawsworthOldHall, the ancestral family home in Cheshire. The title was not recognised...
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to GawsworthOldHall; and the sweep and bootblack sculptures disappeared at the same time. However they were not purchased by GawsworthOldHall. Media...
Grade I GawsworthOldHall, Cheshire – Grade II* Handsworth Park, West Midlands – Grade II Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent – Grade II* Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire...
quatrefoils present at the rear, which can also be seen at Haslington and GawsworthHalls, is a typical feature of 15th-century work, while the lozenge patterns...
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International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival and appeared regularly at GawsworthOldHall in Cheshire. He enjoyed cooking and was knowledgeable about "theatre...
and Margaret Fitton, daughter of Sir Edward Fitton (the elder) of GawsworthOldHall and Ann Warburton. He was admitted at Gray's Inn on 14 March 1609...
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