Interior view of the sitting room at Rose Cottage in Aldworth, showing a set dining table in the foreground and looking towards a black Labrador Retriever lying between two chairs and a fireplace.

Date:
1950s - 1960s
Location:
Rose Cottage, Aldworth, Parsonage Green, West Berkshire, RG8 9RL
Reference:
AA089860
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The property was owned by Anne Scott-James (1913- 2009), one of Britain's first career journalists. In April 1944 she married fellow journalist Macdonald Hastings (1909-1982), a noted war reporter and co-founder/editor of Country Fair Magazine.

Archival History

This image comes from an envelope labelled "Berks - Hastings (?) Rose Cottage".

Content

This is part of the Series: GAY01/09 Counties; within the Collection: GAY01 John Gay Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Gay, John

Keywords

Sitting Room, Fireplace, Georgian House