4783 x 5592 px | 40,5 x 47,3 cm | 15,9 x 18,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1 ottobre 2015
Ubicazione:
Church of Saint Michael. Barton, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.
Altre informazioni:
Inscription reads:- BRIAN SACK BORN 29th JANUARY 1923 DIED 1st JANUARY 2002. A CHERISHED BROTHER AND UNCLE ALSO PARTNER AND DEAR FRIEND OF FRANCIS. TOGETHER THEY CREATED THE SHARROW BAY HOTEL ON ULLSWATER. Francis Coulson was born in Bedford on 6 June 1919 and died at Ullswater, Cumbria on 20 February 1998. He was born into a Congregational family who were members of the Bunyan Meeting House. Coulson, the son of a Bedford draper, attended Bedford Modern School. During the Second World War he was a conscientous objector and produced 300 meals a day for Toc H. In 1948 with help from his father he bought Sharrow Bay. He took lessons in pastry-making from Renee Atkinson. He revelled in making difficult croissants and brioches as well as scones and cakes. One of his proudest dishes was a dessert named La Stupenda Bavarois, dedicated to the opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland. With his partner Brian Sack, he created the first Country House Hotel. Sharrow Bay was Egon Ronay Guide's Hotel of the Year in 1974, and Restaurant of the Year in 1980. He was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1994. St. Michael's Church is in the parish of Barton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Penrith, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Paul, Pooley Bridge, St Peter, Martindale, and St Martin, Martindale. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It stands in a circular churchyard, and possesses the only central Norman tower on a medieval church in Cumbria. The nave and tower date from the 12th century, the south aisle and arcade from the middle of the 13th century, and the north aisle and arcade, and the south chapel from about 1300. The chancel was lengthened in the 14th century, and the south porch was repaired in 1699. During the 19th century a stable was built to the north of the tower; this is now
