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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26320758

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)