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to create a design similar to Kelly's painting. The new building was completed in 1986. Sebastian lived there with his wife Naomi, until her death in 2003. Together, they designed the interior with the help of David
Milnaric. They also worked together on the gardens. He was married again briefly
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to John Bower
Jodrell in 1779 for £24,000 and passed on to his son Francis Bower Jodrell in 1796. John Charles Ryle, the banker and MP for Macclesfield, bought it in 1835 for £54,000 and sold it following his bankruptcy to Thomas Marsland, first MP for Stockport (1776–1854) in 1842. The hall was
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and drastically reduced in size in the 1850s. The estate passed to his grandson Edward
Marsland (died 1857) whose widow Jane Marsland was forced to sell after a disastrous flood in 1872.
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It was bought for £9000 and extensively remodelled by local silk manufacturer Thomas Unett
Brocklehurst. In 1876 Brocklehurst reputedly imported a pair of
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445:References
371:Comparison
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104:53°15′11″N
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270:Palladian
140:Completed
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