Sutton Hall near Macclesfield
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Sutton Hall near Macclesfield
Image: © Colin Park Taken: 24 Aug 2020
From Wikipedia;- Once the property of the Sir Humphrey Davenport, Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1631, the Manor of Sutton later passed by marriage to Sir Rowland Belasyse, an ancestor of the Earls of Fauconberg. In 1819 it was acquired by the Countess of Lucan and descended to her successors, the Lords Lucan, primarily used as a farmhouse. The countess had been born Elizabeth Belasyse, daughter of Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg and in 1794 had married Richard Bingham, who became the 2nd Earl of Lucan in 1799. By 1804, after six children, they had separated. In the 1880s and 1890s, the property was rented by the explorers Theodore Bent and his wife Mabel Bent. In 2008 the building was substantially refurbished as a restaurant by Brunning and Price, the then owners.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.240743
Longitude
-2.112789