cholmondeley castle is a grade-ii*-listed castellated mansion house located at , 4 miles from malpas and 7¼ miles from nantwich. the sandstone building dates from 1801–04; turrets and towers were added in 1817–19 by robert smirke to give the "castle" its present appearance. the surviving parts of the grade-ii-listed old hall date from 1707; the hall formerly included an elizabethan building which was demolished in 1801.