Cheshire
Built 1st Jan 1851 | Occupied 1st Jan 1851 - 1st Sep 1939
Fortified home in the style of a medieval castle.
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1840: John Tollemache bought/inherited 36,000 acres of land which included the villages of Peckforton and Beeston. (Tollemache ancestral home in Helmingham, Suffolk.) Work commenced in 1842; completed 1851. Architect Anthony Salvin also responsible for various other castles in late C19th. 听
Tollemache family continued to live in the house until 1939.
By 2010 had become an hotel.
For notes on the history see hotel website.
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Architect
Anthony Salvin
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Current owner
Private - hotel
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