Hopwood DePree has been leading efforts to renovate listed Hopwood Hall, nicknamed ‘Downton Shabby’, since 2017
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 his dilapidated ancestral home.
But Hopwood DePree’s romance plot has transformed instead to a horror, after he found himself locked out the building he was restoring, and now battling the local council in court for possession of the property.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/12/im-completely-invested-rochdale-council-pulls-out-of-us-actors-ancestral-home-restoration
Author : Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent
Publish date : 2025-09-12 16:42:00
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