HIgher Huxley Hall is a manor house

Manor house

A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

, now a luxury 5-star hotel, in Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, England, located about 7 miles southeast of Chester

Chester

Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...

. It lies west of the village of Huxley

Huxley, Cheshire

Huxley is a small rural village and civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 220. It is home to Huxley Primary School.-External links:...

. Lower Huxley Hall

Lower Huxley Hall

Lower Huxley Hall is a moated manor house in Cheshire, England, located about 6.5 miles southeast of Chester. It lies roughly halfway between the villages of Huxley and Hargrave , It dates from the late 15th century, with major additions and alterations in the 17th century. A small...

lies less than half a mile to the immediate north of the hall. It dates from at least the 13th century and today has a white facade. Once in the possession of the Cholmondeley family, in 1850 it was owned by a Mr. R. Salmon. Howevever, in 1896 it was reportedly in the hands of a Mr. Vere Cholmondeley.