Listed buildings in Droylsden
Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The town, together with its suburb of Littlemoss, contains 37 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Originally a rural and farming community, linen bleaching and weaving came to the area in the mid 18th century. Then in 1785, members of the
toll house
, and a school.
Key
Grade | Criteria[2] |
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II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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Cinderland Hall Farmhouse 53°29′40″N 2°07′54″W / 53.49457°N 2.13174°W |
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16th century | The farmhouse is | II |
Buckley Hill Farmhouse 53°29′37″N 2°07′30″W / 53.49369°N 2.12493°W |
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17th century | A brick farmhouse with decorative brickwork and a 20th-century tiled roof. There are two storeys with attics and three | II* |
Barn, Buckley Hill Farm 53°29′37″N 2°07′31″W / 53.49362°N 2.12523°W |
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17th century | Originally two barns, the later dating from the late 18th or early 19th century. They are in brick with roofs of slate, stone-slate, and corrugated asbestos. The earlier, west, part has blocked opposing cart entries and decorative ventilation holes. The later part has open opposing cart entries, small ventilation holes, and outshuts.[4][6] | II* |
3, 4 and 5 Fairfield Square 53°28′33″N 2°08′59″W / 53.47596°N 2.14965°W |
Late 18th century | A row of three brick houses with a slate roof, the fronts rebuilt in the 20th century. They have a double-depth plan, two storeys, a front of four bays, and a wing, outshut and lean-to at the rear. There are two doors on the front, No. 3 being entered through the gable end, and the windows are sashes.[7] | II | |
6A, 6 and 6B Fairfield Square 53°28′33″N 2°08′58″W / 53.47596°N 2.14935°W |
Late 18th century | Originally one house, later divided into three, it is in brick on a stone | II | |
7 Fairfield Square 53°28′34″N 2°08′57″W / 53.47598°N 2.14911°W |
Late 18th century | A brick house with a slate roof, two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a moulded surround and a three-light fanlight, and the windows are sashes with stone sills and flat brick arches.[10] | II | |
8 Fairfield Square 53°28′34″N 2°08′57″W / 53.47599°N 2.14905°W |
Late 18th century | A brick house with a slate roof, a double-depth plan, two storeys and two bays. The doorway has an architrave and a three-light fanlight, and the windows are sashes, with stone sills, and cambered brick arches on the ground floor.[11] | II | |
9 Fairfield Square 53°28′34″N 2°08′56″W / 53.47599°N 2.14886°W |
Late 18th century | A brick house with a slate roof, a double-depth plan, two storeys and two bays. The doorway has an architrave, and the windows are sashes with stone sills and cambered brick arches.[12] | II | |
10 and 10A Fairfield Square 53°28′34″N 2°08′55″W / 53.47600°N 2.14872°W |
Late 18th century | Two brick houses with a slate roof, two storeys, three bays and a rear extension. The central doorway has a moulded surround, and the windows are sashes with stone sills and cambered brick arches. No. 10A has a flat-roofed porch in the right return.[13] | II | |
11 and 12 Fairfield Square 53°28′33″N 2°08′57″W / 53.47575°N 2.14904°W |
Late 18th century | A pair of brick houses with a slate roof, two storeys, four bays, and extensions and outshuts at the rear. The windows are replacement sashes, with stone sills, and cambered brick arches on the ground floor.[14] | II | |
15, 16 and 17 Fairfield Square 53°28′32″N 2°08′58″W / 53.47546°N 2.14942°W |
Late 18th century | A row of three brick houses with a slate roof, two storeys, one or two bays, an outshut at the left, and wings and outshuts at the rear. The windows are replacement sashes, with stone sills, and cambered brick arches on the ground floor.[15] | II | |
18 Fairfield Square 53°28′32″N 2°08′58″W / 53.47556°N 2.14945°W |
Late 18th century | A brick house with a | II | |
24, 25, 26 and 27 Fairfield Square 53°28′32″N 2°09′00″W / 53.47544°N 2.15012°W |
Late 18th century | A row of four brick houses with a slate roof, two storeys, and one or two bays each. The windows are replacement sashes, with stone sills, and cambered brick arches.[17] | II | |
31B, 31C and 32 Fairfield Square 53°28′31″N 2°09′02″W / 53.47532°N 2.15045°W |
Late 18th century | A row of three brick houses with a slate roof, two storeys and two bays each. All the houses have a central doorway with flanking windows. No. 32 has its original doorway and three-light casement windows with stone sills and cambered brick arches. The other houses have doorways with pilasters, fanlights, and flat hoods, and the windows have been changed to sashes.[18] | II | |
37A, 38, 39 40 and 40B Fairfield Square 53°28′32″N 2°09′05″W / 53.47563°N 2.15125°W |
Late 18th century | A row of five brick houses with a slate roof, a tile-hung right gable, a double-depth plan, three storeys, six bays, and extensions at the rear. The two outer doors have architraves and modillion hoods, and the two central doors are paired with architraves, fanlights and a shared hood. Most of the windows are sashes.[19] | II | |
41 (The Orchards) and 42 Fairfield Square 53°28′33″N 2°09′04″W / 53.47588°N 2.15109°W |
Late 18th century | A pair of brick houses with a slate roof, a double-depth plan, fronts of two bays, and sash windows. No. 42 has three storeys, and a doorway with an architrave, a fanlight, and a flat hood. No. 41 was rebuilt in the 19th century, giving it two storeys. Its doorway is in the gable end, and has pilasters and a radial fanlight.[20] | II | |
46 Fairfield Square 53°28′33″N 2°09′02″W / 53.47590°N 2.15060°W |
Late 18th century | A brick house with a slate roof, a double-depth plan, two storeys, and two bays. The doorway to the left has plain pilasters and a flat hood, and the windows are sashes with stone sills and flat brick arches.[21] | II | |
47 and 48 Fairfield Square 53°28′33″N 2°09′01″W / 53.47592°N 2.15038°W |
Late 18th century | Originally one house, later divided into two, it is in brick on a stone plinth, with an eaves cornice and a slate roof. There are two storeys, a five-bay central block, and lower recessed one-bay wings. Steps lead up to a central paired doorway with a stone surround and fanlights. The windows in the main part are sashes with stone sills and flat brick arches, and in the wings there are sash windows in the ground floor and casement windows above.[22]
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49 Fairfield Square 53°28′33″N 2°09′00″W / 53.47595°N 2.15007°W |
Late 18th century | Originally an inn with a stable wing to the rear, later a private house, it is in brick, the right gable end rendered, and it has a slate roof. There are two storeys and four bays. In the second bay is a doorway with pilasters, a fanlight and a flat hood, and in the gable end is a doorway with a three-light fanlight. The fourth bay contains a canted bay window, and the other windows are sashes with stone sills and cambered brick arches.[23] | II | |
Lock Cottage 53°28′40″N 2°09′04″W / 53.47785°N 2.15101°W |
Late 18th century | Originally the lock keeper's cottage, later a private house, it is in brick with a | II | |
20–23 and 23A Fairfield Square 53°28′33″N 2°08′59″W / 53.47572°N 2.14983°W |
1785 | A row of five brick houses with slate roofs, all with three bays and central doorways with architraves. The middle two houses have three storeys, above the doors are pediments, the windows in the lower two floors are sashes, and in the top floor they are casements. The outer houses have two storeys, above the doors are hoods, and all the windows are sashes. The entrance to No. 232A is in the right return.[8][26] | II* | |
Fairfield Moravian Church, house and manse 53°28′31″N 2°08′59″W / 53.47521°N 2.14977°W |
c. 1785 | The buildings are in brick on a stone bellcote with a cupola. There is a central door with a flat head, and two outer doors with architraves and pediments. Most of the windows have been altered. The church is flanked by a similar house on both sides, each with a symmetrical front of three bays, doors with pediments, and sash windows.[27][28]
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Former Moravian College 53°28′31″N 2°08′56″W / 53.47525°N 2.14890°W |
c. 1785 | A house, later used for other purposes, it is in brick on a stone | II | |
Sundial 53°28′30″N 2°08′59″W / 53.47490°N 2.14969°W |
1785 | The sundial is in the burial ground to the south of the church. It is in stone and consists of a baluster-type shaft and is decorated with stylised leaves. The dial and gnomon are missing.[30][31] | II | |
The Bungalow 53°28′32″N 2°08′56″W / 53.47563°N 2.14883°W |
1793 | Originally a Sunday school, later a private house, it is in brick with a hipped slate roof. It has one storey, three bays, and a small left extension. The windows are sashes with flat brick arches.[32] | II | |
Fairfield Top Lock (Lock No. 18) Ashton Canal 53°28′40″N 2°09′02″W / 53.47766°N 2.15064°W |
1794–97 | The | II | |
Lockside 53°28′41″N 2°09′03″W / 53.47800°N 2.15071°W |
1790s (possible) | Originally the house of the canal agent, later that of the lock keeper, it is in brick with a | II | |
Former tollhouse 53°28′40″N 2°09′02″W / 53.47781°N 2.15069°W |
Early 19th century | The former | II | |
Former packet boathouse 53°28′39″N 2°09′05″W / 53.47762°N 2.15149°W |
1833 | The former boathouse for the | II | |
Bridge No. 16, Ashton Canal 53°28′39″N 2°09′04″W / 53.47759°N 2.15098°W |
1838 | A stone footbridge crossing the canal, it consists of a single segmental arch. The bridge has a band, the parapet is formed from vertically set slabs, there are square end piers, and a cobbled deck.[24][37] | II | |
St Mary's Church 53°28′48″N 2°08′36″W / 53.47990°N 2.14325°W |
1846–47 | A | II | |
19 Fairfield Square 53°28′32″N 2°08′58″W / 53.47566°N 2.14947°W |
19th century | A brick house with a slate roof, two storeys, and a symmetrical front of five bays. The central round-headed door has a fanlight, and the windows are sashes with stone sills and segmental heads.[39] | II | |
43, 44 and 45 Fairfield Square 53°28′33″N 2°09′03″W / 53.47589°N 2.15082°W |
c. 1870 | A row of three brick houses on a stone lintels, and in the upper floor they are round headed with voussoirs similar to the doorways and an impost band.[40]
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Fairfield High School for girls, East block 53°28′31″N 2°09′03″W / 53.47517°N 2.15073°W |
1871 | The school is in brick on a projecting stone | II | |
37 Fairfield Square 53°28′32″N 2°09′04″W / 53.47563°N 2.15100°W |
c. 1875 | A brick house on a stone lintels, and in the upper floor with segmental heads.[42]
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32A and 32B Fairfield Square 53°28′32″N 2°09′02″W / 53.47552°N 2.15051°W |
c. 1910–14 | A pair of brick houses with a | II | |
33–36 Fairfield Square 53°28′32″N 2°09′02″W / 53.47567°N 2.15067°W |
c. 1910–14 | A row of four brick houses with a band rising above the porches, and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys and a total of 14 bays. The porches are recessed with semicircular heads, and the windows are sashes with brick sills and flat brick heads.[44] | II |
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- ^ Historic England
- ^ Historic England & 1067985
- ^ a b Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 202
- ^ Historic England & 1163826
- ^ Historic England & 1067945
- ^ Historic England & 1067975
- ^ a b Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 204
- ^ Historic England & 1163732
- ^ Historic England & 1067976
- ^ Historic England & 1318102
- ^ Historic England & 1067977
- ^ Historic England & 1163743
- ^ Historic England & 1163755
- ^ Historic England & 1163762
- ^ Historic England & 1067980
- ^ Historic England & 1163774
- ^ Historic England & 1067982
- ^ Historic England & 1067983
- ^ Historic England & 1163809
- ^ Historic England & 1163814
- ^ Historic England & 1067984
- ^ Historic England & 1163818
- ^ a b c d e f Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 203
- ^ Historic England & 1067974
- ^ Historic England & 1356489
- ^ a b c Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 205
- ^ Historic England & 1067981
- ^ Historic England & 1067979
- ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner (2004), p. 206
- ^ Historic England & 1067587
- ^ Historic England & 1067978
- ^ Historic England & 1356475
- ^ Historic England & 1067973
- ^ Historic England & 1067946
- ^ Historic England & 1067947
- ^ Historic England & 1356474
- ^ Historic England & 1163722
- ^ Historic England & 1318078
- ^ Historic England & 1356491
- ^ Historic England & 1067586
- ^ Historic England & 1318056
- ^ Historic England & 1318093
- ^ Historic England & 1356490
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