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The Vicarage Freehouse & Rooms
Cranage, England, United Kingdom · Independent · Near Luxury
The Vicarage on Knutsford Road is the old vicarage, Grade II, early eighteenth century: rendered brick, three storeys, a geometrical staircase with a wreathed rosewood handrail, and an inglenook beam still in the house. It stands on the banks of the River Dane, just before the bridge on the way into Holmes Chapel. Most of the bedrooms are in a later block at the back. The front is still the vicar's house.
- 24 rooms
About The Vicarage Freehouse & Rooms
- The house had been shut for five years when Flat Cap Hotels took it on in 2015, reopened the bedrooms in 2016, and bought it in 2021. The group later failed, and the vicarage kept trading.
- A modern bedroom wing holds most of the rooms. A detached Mill House on the plot was still waiting to become long-stay rooms when the hotel was marketed in 2024.
History
The Old Vicarage on Knutsford Road is a former vicarage of the early eighteenth century, Grade II since 14 February 1967. Rendered brick, three storeys and three bays, with lower wings, a brick porch, an inglenook beam and a geometrical staircase with a wreathed rosewood handrail. It was already taking guests by 1967. It closed for about five years before Flat Cap Hotels, the Heywood brothers, took a tenancy in 2015 and reopened in 2016, then bought it in 2021. Flat Cap went into administration in 2024. The house is open again, with 24 bedrooms.
The setting
Knutsford Road, Cranage, CW4 8EF, on the A50 before the bridge over the River Dane into Holmes Chapel. Parking is in front. A terrace and the later bedroom wing sit at the back, toward the river.
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