Stretton Lower Hall in Cheshire: brick cottage, slate roof and dormer windows opening onto a garden patio.
Stretton Lower Hall · Cheshire
Stretton Lower Hall viewed through the stone gateway. Sage-green kitchen beneath exposed beams at Stretton Lower Hall. The Eaves Window: blue interior with glazing continuing from the wall into the roof.

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