Newton Hall, in Mobberley, can easily be summarised as a six-bedroom, five-bathroom country house, set in six-and-a-half acres of land, but this would be far too simplistic a way to describe this very beautiful, very comfortable family home in the heart of the Cheshire countryside, yet just moments away from three of the county’s most sought-after locations. ‘When we first looked at the house, I thought, “We’ll have to drive everywhere,”’ says owner Zoe Lomas, who lives in Newton Hall with husband William and their three, now largely absent, children. 'But within 10 minutes we can be in Knutsford, Wilmslow or Alderley Edge, even Manchester Airport.
We can walk across the fields to get to Mobberley’s three iconic pubs – The Roebuck, The Bull and The Church Inn – and we get to live in a glorious home surrounded by the peace and quiet of the countryside, so it was really a no-brainer.’ Zoe and WIlliam bought Newton Hall 11 years ago and set about creating their own perfect family home. The house dates back, predominantly, to the 17th century, when between 1634 and 1676 Mr Francis Newton built his own home on the front of a smaller building, possibly dating back to the 16th century.
It comes with its own blue plaque, celebrating the life of George Mallory, born at Newton Hall in 1886, and lost on Everest in 1924. Over the centuries, successive residents have added a little here and a little there, until the property we see today came into being. Zoe and Willia.