Description

DROYLSDEN FAIRFIELD SQUARE SJ 99 NW

4/70 Nos. 13, 13A and 14 (Former Moravian College) (formerly listed as Nos 11, llA, 12, 13, No 14 17/11/66 (Fairfield Moravian College)

G.V. II

House, now a temporary clinic. c.1785. Flemish bond brick with slate roof. 5 bays and 3 storeys with lower 2-storey wings projecting to the rear at either side. Symmetrical elevation with stone plinth and central 3 bays which are slightly advanced. Central 6-panel door with stone eared architrave surround and pediment. Each floor has 4 or 5 four pane sash windows with C19 stone lintels and sills. The elevation originally included 2 Venetian windows which were removed in C19. Eaves are supported on bold C19 brackets. Gable chimney stacks. The rear left wing includes No. 13, which has been partly re-built in C19 and C20, and was partly used as the Moravian girls boarding school from 1796. The house itself was intended to house single Moravian women (sisters). It was changed to the girls boarding school in 1876 and in 1906-1958 was the Moravian Theological College.

Listing NGR: SJ9021597624

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