After the death of the Marquess, the house was extended to designs by Robert Smirke to produce the building in its present form.

Standing across the main drive is a wrought iron screen and gateway made by Robert Bakewell in 1722 for the Old Hall and moved here in the early 19th century.

The other Grade II listed buildings include the altered remains of the Old Hall, five of the lodges in and around the estate and a variety of structures in the gardens.

Until her death in November 2015, the house was occupied by Lavinia, Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley, mother of the present Marquess who lives in the other family seat, Houghton Hall in Norfolk.

During the English Civil War in the following century, the house and its separate chapel were damaged by the Parliamentarians and were subsequently repaired by Robert Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Leinster.

In 1722 wrought iron gates and railings made by Robert Bakewell were used to enclose the forecourt of the house.

The design was symmetrical; the entrance front facing west and consisting of two castellated blocks, between which was a single-storey loggia.

Much of the construction material was recycled from the old house, including bricks, glass, windows, woodwork and chimneypieces.

In 1817 George Cholmondeley (now the 1st Marquess) started a series of enlargements to the house beginning with a new dining room.

Two years later, a family wing with tall rectangular tower was added to the south of the house; both of these additions were designed by the Marquess.

Smirke also brought forward the central tower of the east front by adding a canted bay, giving the house its present appearance.

[7] In common with many other country estates and stately homes, special roles were allocated to Cholmondeley during the Second World War.

Cholmondeley was also employed as a Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital which treated serving servicemen suffering from severe nervous conditions.

The entrance front faces west and consists of two three-storey wings in three bays with a single-storey three-bay loggia between them.

On the right side of the entrance front is a square five-storey tower, which is linked to an octagonal turret containing arrow slits.

The garden front, facing east, has octagonal corner turrets between which is a large canted bay window which rises up to form a half-tower.

There is then a two-storey two-bay section and finally Smirke's service wing with its large round tower containing arrow slits.

To the north of it is the dining room with a marble mantlepiece, a cornice decorated with gilded flowers and leaves and, in the ceiling, rosettes with a large central rose with a chandelier.

The wrought iron balustrade on the stairs and landing was made by Robert Bakewell and moved from the Old Hall.

The gardens were designed by George London, and included gates and railings by Jean Tijou and statues by Jan van Nost.

Emes converted the formal garden into a landscape park, planting large numbers of trees and creating lakes.

Further development of the gardens was carried out by John Webb, a student of Emes, who probably designed the terrace immediately around the house.

Since the middle of the 20th century and until her death, the gardens were in the care of Lavinia, the Dowager Marchioness, who improved them and added additional features.