Cholmondeley Castle
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Attribution: By Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2658587
The site of the house has been a seat of the Cholmondeley family since the 12th century. The present house replaced a timber-framed hall nearby.
It was built at the start of the 19th century for George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley, who designed most of it himself in the form of a battlemented castle.
It was built at the start of the 19th century for George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley, who designed most of it himself in the form of a battlemented castle.
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