Handle Hall And Adjoining Barn

Handle Hall is a house that was rebuilt in 1820, originally dating back to 1610, with an adjoining barn added in the 1840s. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed watershot stone and features a graduated stone slate roof. It has three bays and two storeys, with the barn located to the right. The exterior includes quoins and an eaves cornice. There are two doors with ogee-shaped lintels and hoodmoulds, along with three, five, and three-light double-chamfered mullion windows on each floor, which also have hoodmoulds on the ground floor. A plaque above the door reads: "A.S. 1610 Richard Dearden Struxit, 1820 Jacobus Domum De Novo Restituit." The barn features a round-arched wagon entrance and has round lights on its right return. A ridge chimney stack is present on the building. The history of the area is documented in H. Fishwick's "History of Rochdale," published in 1889.