Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Hopwood DePree moved his life from sunny LA to Middleton, …
Hopwood DePree strolls up to the imposing doorway that serves as the grand entrance to what was once his ancestral home. For starters, he’s in work boots and has just walked through some fierce industrial fencing, the colour of which matches the grey autumnal skies near Rochdale. “Welcome to Hopwood Hall,” he beams, almost incongruously, given the Grade II-listed manor …
