Handle Hall

Handle Hall
Handle Hall
	Handle Hall in 2017
	Location within Greater Manchester
General information
Type	Private residence
Location	Calderbrook, Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England
Coordinates	53°39′30″N 2°05′33″W / 53.6582°N 2.0924°W
Year built	1820
Design and construction
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	Handle Hall
Designated	31 January 1980
Reference no.	1162173

Handle Hall is a privately owned Grade II listed historic house located in Calderbrook, Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England.^[1]^[2]

History

In 1610 Richard Dearden (d. 1630) built the house he originally called "Warcock Hill" but the name was subsequently changed to "Handle Hall". Several of Dearden's descendants owned the house, including his son John Dearden (1655–87), grandson James Dearden (1682–1749), and James Dearden (1774–1828) who purchased the manorial rights and became Lord of the manor of Rochdale.^[3]

Architecture

The present house is an 1820 rebuild of the 1610 house, with a barn added in the 1840s. It has ogee shaped lintels and hood moulds, double-chamfered mullion windows, and a door lintel stating 'A.S. 1610 Richard Dearden Struxit, 1820 Jacobus Domum De Novo Restituit' ('In the year of salvation 1610, Richard Dearden built [it], in 1820 James restored the house anew').^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 Historic England. "Handle Hall (Grade II) (1162173)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
1 2 "Handle Hall and adjoining barn, Summit, Rochdale". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
↑ Fishwick, Henry (1889). History of the Parish of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster. Rochdale: James Clegg. pp. 449–452.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Historic England. "Handle Hall (Grade II) (1162173)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 November 2025.

[:1-2] 1 2 "Handle Hall and adjoining barn, Summit, Rochdale". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[3] Fishwick, Henry (1889). History of the Parish of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster. Rochdale: James Clegg. pp. 449–452.

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v t e Buildings and structures in Rochdale Borough, England
Buildings	Alkrington Hall Baron Street drill hall Birchinley Manor Farmhouse Clegg Hall College Bank (Seven Sisters) Crimble Mill Dearnley Old Hall Great Howarth House Handle Hall Hope Chapel and Parson's House Hopwood Hall HSBC Bank Long Clough Malta Mill Number One Riverside Old Bent House and Farmhouse Queen Elizabeth Old Grammar School Rochdale Cenotaph Rochdale Pioneers Museum Rochdale Town Hall Rough Bank Farmhouse Shore Hall Stubley Old Hall Tonge Hall Touchstones Rochdale Windy Bank
Places of worship	Church of St Aidan Church of St Luke, Heywood Church of St Mary in the Baum Long Street Methodist Church Our Lady and St Joseph Church, Heywood St Chad's Church St Edmund's Church St John the Baptist Church, Rochdale St John the Baptist's Church, Smallbridge St Leonard's Church, Middleton St Michael's Church, Middleton
Education	Elm Wood Primary School Falinge Park High School Hopwood Hall College Kingsway Park High School Matthew Moss High School Oulder Hill Leadership Academy Rochdale Sixth Form College St Cuthbert's RC High School Springhill High School
Transportation	Castleton railway station Heywood railway station Littleborough railway station Middleton bus station Mills Hill railway station Rakewood Viaduct Rochdale Interchange Rochdale railway station Smithy Bridge railway station Summit Tunnel
Public houses	The Baum The Bobbin, Milnrow Cemetery Hotel Egerton Arms Globe Inn, Wardle The Old Duke, Littleborough Ye Olde Boar's Head Owd Betts Rake Inn Reed Hotel The Wheatsheaf, Littleborough
Sport and entertainment	Spotland Stadium
Others	Buckley Hall Prison
Demolished	Athletic Grounds Arkwright Mill Buckley Hall Castleton Cricket Club Ground Ellenroad Mill Harp Mill Mars Mill Merefield Ground Milnrow Road Ground Roch Valley Viaduct Rochdale Castle
Lists	List of schools in Rochdale List of mills in Rochdale
Listed buildings in	Heywood Littleborough Middleton Milnrow Rochdale Wardle

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