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Latitude: 53.4753 / 53°28'30"N
Longitude: -2.1489 / 2°8'55"W
OS Eastings: 390215
OS Northings: 397624
OS Grid: SJ902976
Mapcode National: GBR FXF7.KY
Mapcode Global: WHB9H.YXW5
Plus Code: 9C5VFVG2+4C
Entry Name: Former Moravian College
Listing Date: 17 November 1966
Last Amended: 14 July 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1067979
English Heritage Legacy ID: 212726
ID on this website: 101067979
Location: Droylsden, Tameside, Greater Manchester, M43
County: Tameside
Electoral Ward/Division: Droylsden East
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Droylsden
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Droylsden St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
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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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