In early November 2024, a capacity crowd of 170 people gathered for an emergency meeting at a community center in Middleton, England, a working-class town
It was a story fit for the pages of a Hollywood screenplay, with a California actor moving to a town in north Manchester to restore
A spat between a Hollywood actor and Rochdale council over control of historic Hopwood Hall could go to the High Court. Hopwood DePree was leading
A Hollywood actor has launched legal action against a UK council over a manor house dubbed ‘Downton Shabby’ after being threatened with eviction. Hopwood DePree
A former US film-maker has launched a High Court battle against an English council to gain control of the ancestral stately home he spent seven
More than £350,000 has been awarded to help the restoration of historic Hopwood Hall near Rochdale. The Hopwood Foundation has been awarded the grant to
Nestled in woodland and tucked away behind the college which bears its name, Hopwood Hall could be one of Greater Manchester’s finest gems. At first appearance
A Hollywood director has travelled thousands of miles on a mission to take on the ultimate renovation project – and save his crumbling ancestral home
People who search genealogy websites often find birth and marriage records, newspaper clippings, faded photographs or maybe a long-lost relative. Hopwood DePree found a 60-room
