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CRISPIN HARRIS of Jackson-Stops in Alderley Edge (01625 540340) is handling the sale of Grade II-listed Blackden Manor near the old farming village of Goostrey, 2½ miles north of Holmes Chapel and eight miles south of Alderley Edge, the ancient and picturesque village in the east of the county, nowadays best known as one of the most expensive and sought-after places to live in the UK outside London.

Lying due east of the manor is the Peak District National Park. Size matters in this affluent part of Cheshire, a fact reflected in the ‘excess of £10 million’ guide price quoted for the 9,903sq ft former manor house, which stands at the end of

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