{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Crabwell Manor hotel (2016) '''Crabwall Manor''' (original name '''Crabwall Hall'''<ref name=defig/>) is a former country house, later a hotel, in the village of Mollington, Cheshire, England. The present building dates from the 18th century.<ref name=nhl>{{NHLE |num= 1278833 |desc= Crabwall Manor, Mollington|access-date= 10 July 2013|mode=cs2}}</ref> It replaced an early 17th-century house built for the Gamul family.<ref name=defig>{{Citation | last = de Figueiredo | first = Peter | last2 = Treuherz | first2 = Julian | year = 1988 | title = Cheshire Country Houses | publication-place = Chichester | publisher = Phillimore | page = [https://archive.org/details/cheshirecountryh0000defi/page/226 226] | isbn = 0-85033-655-4 | url = https://archive.org/details/cheshirecountryh0000defi/page/226 }}</ref> The house was originally a "modest brick cottage" and it was refaced in the early 19th century. Figueirdo and Treuherz comment that this give it "the appearance of a toy fort".<ref name=defig/> The interior was remodelled in about 1900.<ref name=nhl/> It has since been converted into a hotel, with extensions added in 1987.<ref name=defig/> It is constructed in orange and yellow brick with red sandstone dressings. The roof is in Welsh slate and there are three brick chimneys. The building is in two storeys, with an entrance front of three bays. At the corners are octagonal towers. The central bay protrudes and forms a two-storey porch; it is supported by diagonal buttresses. The tops of the porch and towers are crenellated. The building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.<ref name=nhl/>
==See also== {{portal|Cheshire}} *Listed buildings in Mollington, Cheshire
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==External links== *[http://www.legacy-hotels.co.uk/hotels/crabwall-manor-hotel-spa-mollington-chester Hotel website]
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Category:Houses completed in the 18th century Category:Country houses in Cheshire Category:Hotels in Cheshire Category:Grade II listed houses in Cheshire Category:Country house hotels
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