Cheshire East Council has approved plans to convert the historic Doddington Hall near Nantwich in Cheshire into a 120-bedroom country house hotel.

Doddington Hall and its Grade II-listed stables will include hotel bedrooms, a restaurant and bar as well as event space. A new-build extension will house additional bedrooms and a spa facility.

Doddington Hall sits within 800-acres of parkland. It was designed by Samuel Wyatt and built in 1780. The mansion is privately owned and was used as a ladies college until 1985.

The planning approval also included the refurbishment and conversion of the 13th-century Delves Castle and the Grade II-listed Star Barn near to the Hall, with the use of the buildings to be defined at a later date.

Doddington Hall is located off the A51 between Nantwich and Woore.

Details: www.thedoddingtonestate.co.uk