Knowle or Knoll House is the oldest and for a long time the most comfortable of the “New Money” grand houses built for the up and coming Industrialists of the area. and is integrally linked with the progress of the town. In fact at times it has housed a many of the major textile families who wanted to take the next step – to become Gentry.
The story of the house begins in the middle of the reign of George III and it remains a grand house until 1956, with the death of Percy Clough.
The house was turned into a Funeral home by the Co-op in 1968, but it retains many of it’s original features the friendly atmosphere that it must have had as a family home for many generations. While the gardens have shrunk a little from the original size it is immaculately kept and now includes a Garden of Remembrance.