2016

SJ9097 : Fairfield Moravian Settlement, Manse and High School

taken 7 years ago, near to Droylsden, Tameside, England

Fairfield Moravian Settlement, Manse and High School
Fairfield Moravian Settlement, Manse and High School
View looking west from outside the entrance to SJ9097 : Fairfield Moravian Church. The manse is attached to the eighteenth century church and is Grade II* listed (Historic England List Entry Number: 1067981 LinkExternal link Heritage Gateway).

The building on the opposite side of Brethren Street was built as the Brethren's House as part of the original Moravian settlement in the late eighteenth century. It was used for some time as a boys’ boarding school and, from 1909, as a girls’ boarding school (which had previously been located at former Sister's house (now the Moravian College)). The school was taken over by the local authority after the First World War, becoming a girls’ grammar school. It became a girls’ (comprehensive) high school in 1979. The building is grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry Number: 1067586 LinkExternal link Heritage Gateway).
Fairfield Moravian Settlement

The Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) was founded in what is now the Czech Republic by followers of the reformer, John Huss. It claims to be the oldest protestant movement in Europe and was a pioneer of protestant missions.

Fairfield was the last of the Moravian settlements in England established in the 18th century, the original being Fulneck near Bradford in Yorkshire. The Moravians settled at Fairfield when the Church, Sisters’ House and Brethren’s’ House were formally opened in 1783, the Settlement having been planned and built by members of the Moravian congregation who had been previously located in Dukinfield. The Settlement was self-contained and self-governed by its community.

The settlement was scheduled as a place of Historic Interest in 1966 and several of the buildings are scheduled as Grade II listed buildings.

LinkExternal link Fairfield Moravian Church History
LinkExternal link Wikipedia article and history of the Fairfield settlement.


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SJ9097, 220 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 24 October, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 28 October, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 901 976 [100m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 901 976
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