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Newton Flowery Field: St Stephen

Name:

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Newton Flowery Field: St Stephen
Record Type:

A classification of the current status of the building

Closed Church
Church code:

This is a unique identification number supplied to each church building by the Church Commissioners.

609318
Diocese:

Name of diocese in which the church building is located at the time of entry.

Chester
Archdeaconry:

Name of archdeaconry in which the church building is located at the time of entry

Macclesfield
Parish:

This is the legal name of the parish as given by the Church Commissioners.

Newton with Flowery Field

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Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?

The decision to put a church building on the National Heritage List for England and assign it a listing grade is made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The decision is normally based on recommendations made by Historic England, the government’s adviser on the historic environment.

This is a Grade II Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?

The decision to schedule a feature (building, monument, archaeological remains, etc.) located within the church building’s precinct or churchyard is made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The decision is based on recommendations made by Historic England, the government’s adviser on cultural heritage.

There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

National Parks are areas of countryside that include villages and towns, which are protected because of their beautiful countryside, wildlife and cultural heritage. In England, National Parks are designated by Natural England, the government’s advisor on the natural environment.

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Conservation Area

Conservation areas are places of special architectural or historic interest where it is desirable to preserve and enhance the character and appearance of such areas. Conservation Areas are designated by the Local Council.

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Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?

The Heritage at Risk programme is run and managed by Historic England, the government’s advisor on cultural heritage. It aims to protect and manage the historic environment, so that the number of ‘at risk’ historic places and sites across England are reduced.

This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
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Approximate Date

Approximate Date:

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The CHR records the time period for the building’s predominant fabric as opposed to the date of the earliest fabric or the church’s foundation date.

Victorian/Pre-WWI

Exterior Image

Exterior image of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen
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603242 

Exterior image of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen
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Photograph of the outside of the church as seen from the south-west.
Year / Date:

2011, April 06

September 2010
Copyright:

Keltek Trust

Archbishops' Council
Originator:

Keltek Trust

Joseph Elders

Summary Description

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A large Victorian town church of blackened stone located in a suburb of Manchester, just north of Hyde town centre. It was built in 1889-91 to a design by J Easton of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a grant from ICBS. It was intended to serve a population that was growing with the boom in local industries. It is a relatively standard, but dignified building in a combination of the Early English and Early Decorated styles. Significant features include the lancets, plate tracery and the tall steeple, visible from some distance around.

Visiting and Facilities

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The church is closed for worship.
Date closed for worship:
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Church Website

Church Website:

www.holytrinitylyonsdown.org.uk

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Sources and Further Information

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Joseph Elders (September 2010) Exterior image of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen
J Easton (1889) Church plan of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Church plan of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen
Joseph Elders (September 2010) Interior image of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior image of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen
ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~139545~119751 [Archive/Graphic material]

Groundplan

ICBS File Number - 09273

Coverage - 1891

Created by EATON (JOHN) & SONS

Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 1 Bell [Archive/Index]
1 Bell

If you notice any errors with the below outlines of your connected churchyards, please email heritageonline@churchofengland.org with the corrections needed.

This could include information on new churchyards, edits to the boundaries shown, or different land characteristics. 

We are working on adding the consecrated land found within local authority cemeteries, and in time, this data will be shown on the map.

Grid Reference: SJ 945 960

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Administrative Area

Metropolitan District:

The administrative area within which the church is located.

Tameside District (B)

Location and Setting

This field describes the setting of the church building, i.e. the surroundings in which the church building is experienced, and whether or not it makes a positive or negative contribution to the significance of the building.

A large Victorian town church of blackened stone located in a suburb to the east of the M60 and Manchester and just north of Hyde town centre. The church has a tall steeple visible from some distance around, towering over low terraced housing to the north across Bennett Street (a minor road), with a school to the south and a building site to the east. The area has several industrial parks.

The large churchyard is roughly square and laid to grass on the south side where it is much wider. The curtilage is marked by a stone wall with carved gate piers and wrought iron railings and gate. There are mature trees at the east and west ends. No burials. Parking is possible adjacent to the church.

Church Plan

Church plan of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen
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Church plan of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen
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Plan of the church from Church Plans Online, east to the left.
Year / Date:
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1889
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Lambeth Palace Library
Originator:
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J Easton

Ground Plan Description and Dimensions

Ground Plan

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5-bay aisled nave, clearstorey, polygonal chancel, south vestry and north organ chamber, south porch, north-west tower with porch underneath.

Dimensions

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Footprint of Church buildings (m2):

Small (<199m2)

Medium (200-599m2)

Large (600m-999m2)

Very Large (>1000m2)

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Description of Archaeology and History

This field aims to record the archaeological potential of the wider area around the building and churchyard, as well as the history of site.

Newton takes its name from Medieval Newton Hall, in existence from the 14th century and recently restored, ¼ mile down the road to the west.  There are scattered finds from various periods in the Hyde area, but the archaeological potential of this site is low. The church was built in 1889-91 to a design by J Easton of Ashton-under-Lyne with a grant from the ICBS. The church served the growing population working in the local industries including Newton Mill (which produced stationery), with decline from the 1920s.  The church was reordered in 1979 with a full height plastered screen with glazed doors at the bottom delineating a hall in the western three bays, and a ceiling inserted throughout. The vestry was previously a chapel.

Exterior Description

This field aims to record a written description of the exterior of the church building and the churchyard.

This is a fairly standard but dignified design in the Early English and Early Decorated style, with lancets and plate tracery. The tall nave and spire give some vertical emphasis. The 3-stage tower has angled corner buttresses, semi-octagonal stair turret, pointed double-arched north door, round (blank) clock apertures to the second stage, twin lancet belfry openings and a broach spire with lucarnes. On the south-west side is a gabled porch with pointed doorway in the west wall and 2-light plate tracery window in the south wall.

The aisles have a projecting plinth and weathered buttresses, and 2-light pointed aisle windows with plate tracery. The chancel has 2-lights to each wall except the east window, a lancet. There are two cusped lancet windows to each bay of the clearstorey. 4-light west window above a polygonal baptistery with lancets. South vestry with stack, and gabled north organ chamber and sacristry. Coped gables with kneelers and cross finials.

Architects, Artists and Associated People/Organisations

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Building Fabric and Features

This field is an index of the building and its major components

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CHANCEL (19th century)
CLERESTORY (19th century)
NAVE (19th century)
PORCH (19th century)
STAINED GLASS (1920)
TOWER (COMPONENT) (19th century)
VESTRY (19th century)

Building Materials

This field is an index of the building’s material composition

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ASHLAR (19th century)
SLATE (19th century)
STONE (19th century)

Interior Image

Interior image of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen
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Interior image of 609318 Newton Flowery Field St Stephen
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Photograph of the inside of the church, looking east.
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September 2010
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Archbishops' Council
Originator:
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Joseph Elders

Interior Description

This field aims to record a written description of the interior of the church building.

The interior has plastered walls, painted yellow but with pink to the lower sanctuary walls, and has seen considerable change. The narrow aisles and tall nave have been split vertically by screens into a west hall with kitchen and toilets on the south side, and horizontally by a suspended ceiling of polystyrene tiles below clearstorey level, meant to keep the heat in. The ceiling conceals a good tie-beam roof on columnar corbels and a fine polygonal barrel roof to the chancel. Chamfered nave arcade arches under hoodmoulds on circular columns with moulded capitals. The chancel arch is similar, very high but now vanishing into the ceiling at the springing.

There is a baptistery at the west end behind a moulded depressed arch, but the font has been moved forward of the screen. The nave is fully pewed beyond the screen, good quality pine benches with shaped ends and panelled backs. Tiled floors with geometric patterns, more elaborate in the chancel, mostly under orange carpet. There is a large moulded pointed arch with colonnettes in the west bay of the north chancel wall to the organ chamber, the pipes displayed, pointed doorways opposite each other to the vestry and sacristry in next bay east. Cusped aumbry, good choir stalls, High Altar and stained glass, a dignified ensemble.

Internal Fixtures and Fittings

This field is an index of the building’s internal, architectural components. This includes its internal spaces and those areas’ fixtures and fittings (building components which are securely fixed to the church or cathedral).

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ALTAR (19th century)
BELL (1 of 1 U/R)
FONT (COMPONENT) (19th century)
LECTERN (19th century)
ORGAN (COMPONENT) (19th century)
PLAQUE (COMPONENT) (20th century)
PULPIT (19th century)
REREDOS (19th century)

Portable Furnishings and Artworks

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BOOK (19th century +)

If you notice any errors with the below outlines of your connected churchyards, please email heritageonline@churchofengland.org with the corrections needed.

This could include information on new churchyards, edits to the boundaries shown, or different land characteristics. 

We are working on adding the consecrated land found within local authority cemeteries, and in time, this data will be shown on the map.

Grid Reference: SJ 945 960

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Ecology

This field aims to record a description of the ecology of the churchyard and surrounding setting.

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Ecological Designations

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The everyday wildlife of burial grounds means much to those who visit and cherish them but many burial grounds are so rich in wildlife that they should be designated and specially protected. Few have the legal protection of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) or, in the case of local authority owned cemeteries, Local Nature Reserve. This makes it even more important that they are cared for and protected by the people looking after them.

Many have a non-statutory designation as a recognition of their importance. These non-statutory designations have a variety of names in different regions including Local Wildlife Site, County Wildlife Site, Site of Importance for Nature Conservation or Site of Nature Conservation Importance (Local Wildlife Site is the most common name). Their selection is based on records of the most important, distinctive and threatened species and habitats within a national, regional and local context. This makes them some of our most valuable wildlife areas.

For example, many burial grounds which are designated as Local Wildlife Sites contain species-rich meadow, rich in wildflowers, native grasses and grassland fungi managed by only occasional mowing plus raking. When this is the case, many animals may be present too, insects, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. This type of grassland was once widespread and has been almost entirely lost from the UK with approximately 3% remaining, so burial grounds with species-rich meadow managed in this way are extremely important for wildlife.

These designations should be considered when planning management or change.

If you think that this or any other burial ground should be designated please contact Caring for God’s Acre (info@cfga.org.uk) to discuss. Many eligible sites have not yet received a designation and can be surveyed and then submitted for consideration.

There are no SSSIs within the curtilage of this Closed Church.

There are no Local nature reserves within the curtilage of this Closed Church.

There are no Local Wildlife sites within the curtilage of this Closed Church.

Evidence of the Presence of Bats

This field aims to record any evidence of the presence of bats in the church building or churchyard.

The church has no evidence of bats

Burial and War Grave Information

This field records basic information about the presence of a churchyard and its use as a burial ground.

It is unknown whether the church or churchyard is consecrated. Work in progress - can you help?
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It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial. Work in progress - can you help?
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It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial. Work in progress - can you help?
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It is unknown whether the churchyard is closed for burial. Work in progress - can you help?
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The churchyard does not have war graves.

National Heritage List for England Designations

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There are no Listed Buildings within the curtilage of this Closed Church.

There are no Scheduled Monuments within the curtilage of this Closed Church.

Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees

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Churchyards are home to fantastic trees, in particular ancient and veteran trees which can be the oldest indication of a sacred space and be features of extraordinary individuality. The UK holds a globally important population of ancient and veteran yew trees of which three-quarters are found in the churchyards of England and Wales.

There are more than 1,000 ancient and veteran yews aged at least 500 years in these churchyards.

To put this in context, the only other part of western Europe with a known significant yew population is Normandy in northern France, where more than 100 ancient or veteran churchyard yews have been recorded.

Burial grounds may contain veteran and ancient trees of other species such as sweet chestnut or small-leaved lime which, whilst maybe not so old as the yews, are still important for wildlife and may be home to many other species.

Specialist advice is needed when managing these wonderful trees. For more information or to seek advice please contact Caring for God’s Acre, The Ancient Yew Group and The Woodland Trust.

If you know of an ancient or veteran tree in a burial ground that is not listed here please contact Caring for God’s Acre.

There are currently no Ancient, Veteran or Notable trees connected to this Closed Church

Churchyard Structures

This field is an index of the churchyard’s components.

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Significance

Setting Significance Level:

Significance is the whole set of reasons why people value a church, whether as a place for worship and mission, as an historic building that is part of the national heritage, as a focus for the local community, as a familiar landmark or for any other reasons.

Low
Setting Significance Description:
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The church has some landscape value.
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Low
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A Victorian suburban church, with some architectural significance.
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Low
Interior Significance Description:
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The interior has been hugely changed, the remaining furnishings are of local significance.
Community Significance Level:
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Church Renewables

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Solar Thermal Panels:
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Bio Mass:
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No
Air Source Heat Pump:
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No
Ground Source Heat Pump:
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No
Wind Turbine:
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No
EV Car Charging:
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Unknown

Species Summary

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All of the species listed below have been recorded in close proximity to the Closed Church . A few species which are particularly threatened and affected by disturbance may not be listed here because their exact location cannot be shared.

NOTE: Be aware that this dataset is growing, and the species totals may change once the National Biodiversity Network has added further records. Species may be present but not recorded and still await discovery.

CategoryTotal species recorded to date
TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES RECORDED 0
Total number of animal species 0
Total number of plant species 0
Total number of mammal species 0
Total number of birds 0
Total number of amphibian and reptile species 0
Total number of invertebrate species 0
Total number of fungi species 0
Total number of mosses and liverworts (bryophytes) 0
Total number of ferns 0
Total number of flowering plants 0
Total number of Gymnosperm and Ginkgo 0

Caring for God’s Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.

To learn more about all of the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.

‘Seek Advice’ Species

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If any of the following species have been seen close to the Closed Church, it is important to seek advice from an expert. You will need to know if they are present now, and to follow expert recommendations when planning works. All of these species have specific legal protection as a recognition of their rarity. All of them are rare or becoming increasingly endangered, so it is important to ensure that management and other works do not adversely affect them. In addition, there may be things you can do to help these special species. N.B. Swift and House Martin do not have specific legal protection but are included, as roof repair works often impact breeding swifts and house martins which is against the law.

This is not a complete list of protected species, there are many more, but these are ones that are more likely to be found. All wild birds, their nests and eggs are also protected by law, as are all bats and veteran trees. In a few cases, species are considered particularly prone to disturbance or destruction by people, so the exact location of where they were recorded is not publicly available but can be requested. These ‘blurred’ records are included here, and the accuracy is to 1km. This means that the species has been recorded in close proximity to the Closed Church, or a maximum of 1km away from it. As these ‘blurred’ species are quite mobile, there is a strong likelihood that they can occur close to the Closed Church. To learn about these special species, use the link provided for each species in the table below

One important species which is not included here is the Peregrine Falcon. This is protected and advice should be sought if peregrines are nesting on a church or cathedral. Peregrine records are ‘blurred’ to 10km, hence the decision not to include records here. Remember too that species not seriously threatened nationally may still be at risk in your region and be sensitive to works. You should check with local experts about this. You may also need to seek advice about invasive species, such as Japanese knotweed and aquatics colonising streams or pools, which can spread in churchyards.

N.B. If a species is not recorded this does not indicate absence. It is always good practice to survey.

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Caring for God’s Acre can help and support you in looking after the biodiversity present in this special place. If you know that any of these species occur close to the Closed Church and are not recorded here, please contact Caring for God’s Acre with details (info@cfga.org.uk).

To find out more about these and other species recorded against this Closed Church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas.

The church was the centre of many people’s lives and remains a guide to their cares and concerns. Glimpses into those lives have often come down to us in the stories we heard as children or old photographs discovered in tattered shoe boxes. Perhaps your ancestors even made it into local legend following some fantastic event? You can choose to share those memories with others and record them for future generations on this Forum.

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