Editing Gawsworth Old Hall (section)

===Interior===
Many of the original features have been lost as a consequence of the many changes that have taken place over the centuries. Additional features have been added to the interior by Raymond Richards, such as the doorcase around the entrance.<ref name=fig/> The Entrance Hall has retained its [[Middle Ages|medieval]] shape and low ceiling. It contains the coat of arms of the Richards family and items of weaponry, including a decorative suit of armour dating from the 19th&nbsp;century and moved here from [[Scarisbrick Hall]].<ref name=anon1>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=1.}}</ref> To the west of the Entrance Hall is the Library. This is in the shape of a double cube, measuring {{convert|16|ft|m|1}} by {{convert|32|ft|m|1}}. Its major item is a richly carved [[Tudor architecture|Tudor]] chimneypiece. The bookcases were designed by [[Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin|A.&nbsp;W.&nbsp;N.&nbsp;Pugin]].<ref name=anon2>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=2.}}</ref> Both of these items were moved here by Raymond Richards, the bookcases coming from Scarisbrick Hall.<ref name=fig/> The bookcases contain a comprehensive collection of books relating to Cheshire. In a corner cabinet is a [[flint axe]] head dating from about 2000 BC. This was discovered in the park nearby in 1912.<ref name=anon2/> To the south of the Entrance Hall is the Long Hall. This has retained the fireplace and ceiling introduced in the [[Tudor period|Tudor era]]. The hall contains items of antique furniture, and paintings by [[David Wilkie (artist)|David Wilkie]], [[J. M. W. Turner]] and [[John Constable]].<ref name=anon2/> To the south of the Long Hall is the principal staircase, which was remodelled in 1920. The area around the staircase contains a [[Waterford Crystal|Waterford glass]] [[chandelier]] dating from about 1780, and a portrait of the first Earl of Harrington by [[Allan Ramsay (artist)|Allan Ramsay]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=3.}}</ref> From this area, a door leads into the chapel. This is the third or fourth chapel in the house, and was [[Dedication (ritual)|dedicated]] to [[Thomas More]] when he was [[Canonization|canonised]] in 1935. Much of the woodwork in it dates from 1803. Many of the ornaments in the chapel were brought here by Richards from a [[redundant church]] in [[Ipswich]]. Two [[marble]] plaques in the chapel are by [[Thomas Thornycroft]], a sculptor born in the nearby village. Alongside the chapel is an [[ambulatory]] or [[baptistry]] which contains a [[baptismal font|font]] and items of stained glass, made by [[Morris & Co.]] and designed by [[Edward Burne-Jones]].<ref name=anon4>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=4.}}</ref> These were obtained by Richards from All Saints Church, [[Birkenhead]].<ref name=fig/> They depict the [[Crucifixion of Jesus|Crucifixion]], and Saints [[Agnes of Rome|Agnes]], [[Saint George|George]], [[Saint Stephen|Stephen]] and [[Saint Alban|Alban]]. The south door contains fragments of ancient glass from [[Plas Newydd (Llangollen)|Plas Newydd]] in [[Llangollen]] that were originally in a medieval church.<ref name=anon4/> Adjacent to the chapel is a [[Sunroom|conservatory]] containing [[marble]] sculptures by John Warrington Wood.<ref name=fig/>

To the south of the Long Hall is the Dining Room, which is little changed since the Tudor era. Its contents include a 16th-century [[refectory table]], an oak [[escritoire]] from about 1650, and items of [[Wedgwood]] [[Victorian majolica|majolica ware]] made in about 1830.<ref>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=5.}}</ref> The Dining Room leads to the small Guard Room, which contains two 17th-century chairs and an 18th-century [[blunderbuss]]. To the west of this is the Drawing Room, the principal living room of the hall, which has been little altered since the middle of the 16th&nbsp;century.<ref>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=6.}}</ref> To the south of the Drawing Room is a small room known as the Gold Room. This room has retained a [[frieze]] dating from the early 16th&nbsp;century, including carvings of [[Tudor rose]]s, flowers and birds. Also in the room is a [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] of Charles Gerard. In the southeast corner of the hall is the Green Room. This contains a painting of [[Gawsworth Old Rectory|Gawsworth Rectory]] by [[Charles Tattershall Dodd]], and a complete set of a dinner service by [[Mintons|Minton]], comprising 120&nbsp;pieces.<ref>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=8.}}</ref>

A staircase from the east of the Guard Room leads to the Gallery on the upper floor, to the south side of which is the Solar, containing a 16th-century four-poster bed known as the Boswell bed. It was formerly in [[Lympne Castle]], [[Kent]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=9.}}</ref> The house's principal bedroom is the Hall Room, much of which has survived from the early 16th&nbsp;century. It contains a four-poster bed from the era of [[William and Mary style|William and Mary]] and a portrait by Zuccaro of members of the Fitton family, which was formerly in [[Brereton Hall]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=10.}}</ref> A room next to the Hall Room has been converted into a modern bathroom, next to which is Mary Fitton's Bedroom, which contains an old plaster frieze. The other rooms on floor are the French Room, containing an 18th-century French bed, and a small bedroom known as the Griffin Room.<ref>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=11.}}</ref> Adjacent to this is the Billiard Room, which has exposed roof timbers. As well as the billiard table, the room contains a marble sculpture of [[Echo (mythology)|Echo]] by Alfred Gatley and a bust of [[John Milton]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Anon.|1992|p=14.}}</ref>