Source: Manchester Evening News
Emergency repair work has begun to stop an historic home from crumbling.
Hopwood Hall in Middleton was a grand family home for centuries, but is now in a precarious state after being left empty and ravaged by the elements.
A new push to save the hall was launched by American actor and director Hopwood DePree, who left his home in the Hollywood Hills last year to help the fight to restore the building, which his English ancestors are said to have founded in the 12th Century…