Sutton Hall, Sutton

Sutton Hall is a stunning 16th century manor house, formerly a convent, family home to generations of the Earls of Lucan. It was refurbished and re-launched by Brunning & Price in 2008. A timber framed hall that has been extended several times over the centuries, it has a snug, library and several other separate rooms used mainly for dining. Booking is recommended for dining especially at weekends. The focus is on high quality food, at appropriate prices, but drinkers are still most welcome to sample the range of up to five locally sourced real ales with no pressure to dine. Behind the bars is a line of boards listing each beer including the distance the beer has travelled from the brewery. There are up to six real ciders from boxes. There are terraces and gardens to the front and rear, ideal for al-fresco dining during good weather. For anyone wishing to work up an appetite before eating or who wish to walk off the calories after their meals several local walks are possible in the surrounding area which takes in the nearby Macclesfield canal and Macclesfield Forest.

Sutton Hall is primarily for adults and older children. Dogs are welcome in the grounds or in certain rooms.

Winner of the CAMRA/English Heritage (now Historic England) award in 2009 for Best Pub Refurbishment. Most of the pub is unchanged since then. Branch Cider Pub of the year in 2022.

There is also a pedestrian only access to the rear of the pub from a door in the wall of the unlit lane leading to Sutton Hall Farm, off Hall Lane. The 14A bus (Mon-Sat daytime) will stop on Selwyn drive nearby.