I WAS surprised to see that the building had gone - and even more surprised to learn that outline planning permission had been granted by the former Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council for it to be replaced by three properties.

   Outline permission soon became full permission and in late 2010 the change became a reality.

   I was lucky enough to be shown round The Hacienda, and take some photographs. Some of the interior features that I saw came from the old Eaton Hall -designed by Alfred Waterhouse in Victorian Gothic.

   The Hacienda was built by Walter Elson, the Nantwich corn merchant, in the mid 1960s around an open square very similar to the cloister type of arrangement that you find in cathedrals.

   The dining room was the nicest room being fully panelled in, I think, rich mahogany.

   There are also some other features from Eaton such as stained glass (see below) which I didn't manage to photograph.

   Where is the panelling now? I learned that the Hacienda panelling, etc, was reclaimed by a Yorkshire-based firm and was to be reinstalled somewhere in that county.