Aston Park is a Queen Anne country house in the

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of Aston by Budworth, Cheshire, England, built in 1715. The first mention of a building on the site is in the

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from 1086. It is constructed in brick with stone dressings, and has a slate roof. The house has two storeys and an attic, and its front elevation is symmetrical with five bays. Its façade is decorated between the first floor windows with

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in heart and diamond patterns. An extension was added to the right of the building during the 20th century. The house is recorded in the

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as a designated Grade II*

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. In 2018 the owner Laurence Daw was given a

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, together with a fine of £2,250 and costs of £65,000, for undertaking unlicensed redevelopment at the house which

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described as "reckless vandalism". Damage included demolishing a 19th-century servants' wing, a cheese room and an entrance for tradespeople, as well as replacing sash windows and other interior damage. The house subsequently required one of its walls to be stabilised.

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