Fairfield High School For Girls, East Block Only

FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, EAST BLOCK ONLY, FAIRFIELD SQUARE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1067586
Date first listed:
14-Jul-1987
Statutory Address:
FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, EAST BLOCK ONLY, FAIRFIELD SQUARE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1067586
Date first listed:
14-Jul-1987
Statutory Address 1:
FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, EAST BLOCK ONLY, FAIRFIELD SQUARE

Location

Statutory Address:
FAIRFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, EAST BLOCK ONLY, FAIRFIELD SQUARE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Tameside (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SJ 90100 97614

Details

DROYLSDEN FAIRFIELD SQUARE SJ 99 NW

4/87 Fairfield High School for girls, East block only

G.V. II

School, built as a boys boarding school. "AD 1871" on door surround. Flemish bond brick with slate roof and ashlar dressings. Total of 7 bays and 3 storeys with entrance porch against right gable-end. Projecting stone plinth, bracketed eaves gutter, coped gables with kneelers. Bays 1 and 2, 5 and 7 are slightly advanced. The door in bay 5 has a fanlight, enriched spandrels, a cornice and a blocking course. Smaller arched door in bay 2. Windows are single or paired 4-pane sashes with stone lintels and sills. Included for group value. The form and massing of the building make clear reference to the Moravian Bretheren's House which it replaced.

Listing NGR: SJ9010097614

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