Crewe Hill is a country house in the parish of Crewe by Farndon

Crewe by Farndon

Crewe by Farndon is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 16.-External links:...

, to the southeast of the village of Farndon

Farndon, Cheshire

Farndon is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located on the banks of the River Dee, south of Chester, and close to the border with Wales...

, 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. It was enlarged from a farmhouse for the Barnston family of Churton Hall

Churton Hall

Churton Hall is a country house in the parish of Churton by Farndon, Cheshire, England. The date of building is uncertain. There is a loose board carrying the date 1569 that, according to the authors of the Buildings of England series, may or may not date the house. It is a half-timbered house...

 in the early 19th century. In about 1890 it was extended, including the addition of a dining room to the rear. The building is rendered

Stucco

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, and has slate

Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...

 roofs. It is in two storeys, and is symmetrical, with a central gable

Gable

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 and wings with gables. A cottage is attached to its right. Internally there is a central Great Hall rising through both storeys. This has a gallery and contains a collection of items of antiquarian

Antiquarian

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ism. The house and the attached cottage have been designated by English Heritage

English Heritage

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 as a Grade II listed building.