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Droylsden: St Andrew

Name:

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Droylsden: St Andrew
Record Type:

A classification of the current status of the building

Ruin
Church code:

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

624035
Diocese:

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

Manchester
Archdeaconry:

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

Rochdale
Parish:

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St. Andrew, Droylsden

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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 not a Listed Building
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.

The church is not in a National Park

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.

The church is not in a Conservation Area

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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

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Summary Description

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Droylsden is a north-eastern suburb of Manchester straddling Manchester Road (the A662). St Andrew’s is set back on the south side of Edge Lane which crosses this road. The foundation stone for the church is dated 21st November 1914, and it would appear that the entire building is of this date. Externally, the style of the building is clearly Gothic, shown in the window tracery and pointed arches of the transeptal and main east and west windows. There is a continuous tiled pitched roof for both nave and chancel and low aisles to either side of the nave.

Visiting and Facilities

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The church is closed for worship.
Date closed for worship: 27/09/2002
Demolished
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Church Website

Church Website:

www.holytrinitylyonsdown.org.uk

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Sources and Further Information

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ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~158980~121743 [Archive/Graphic material]

Groundplan

ICBS File Number - 11258

Coverage - 1917

Created by WALKER, Percy: b. 1880 - d. 1923 of Higher Openshaw

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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 891 980

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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.

Droylsden is a north-eastern suburb of Manchester straddling Manchester Road  (the A662).  St Andrew’s is set back on the south side of Edge Lane which crosses this road. The building occupies a large corner plot with the south face to Merton Drive; just a few metres further to the south runs the Ashton Canal.  The surrounding housing and industrial units are of a modest urban character.

The churchyard is laid to grass with a few trees.  An area to the south is dedicated as a Garden of Remembrance for cremated remains, and on the opposite side of the church there is a parking area and a contemporary parish hall, now used as a nursery. 

Church Plan

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Ground Plan Description and Dimensions

Ground Plan

Provide as written description of the ground plan of the church building and well as its dimensions.

Aisled nave, west apsidal baptistery, vestry rooms, transepts, chancel and organ chamber, north porch.

Dimensions

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Nave 24m (75ft) x 13m (40ft).  Chancel 10m (31ft)x 11m (34ft)

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.

The foundation stone for the church is dated 21st November 1914, and it would appear that the entire building is of this date. The apsidal baptistery at the west end was not included on the original plans but was built at the same time, although plans for a lady chapel to the south were not realised – as the blocked archways reveal. 

Exterior Description

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

Externally, the style of the building is clearly Gothic, shown in the window tracery and pointed arches of the transeptal and main east and west windows. There is a continuous tiled pitched roof for both nave and chancel and low aisles to either side of the nave.

The west gable is the most interesting; there are a jumble of features none of which give a definitive focal point. Two tall single lights, effectively set into wide buttresses, flank the small apsidal baptistery.

Above this is a 3-light window with thick terracotta mullions and odd cusped tracery with quatrefoils, semi-circles and mouchettes in the heads, this free Gothic style is mimicked in the two other windows of the elevation and also throughout the church. Rising from the south-west corner is a tall bell tower of two stages surmounted by a cross.

There are symmetrical porches projecting from the western bays, with gabled fronts and four-centred arched heads. The clearstorey also has three windows with three lancets each set within segmental arches. The aisle and vestry room windows are rectangular and of three lights with thick mullions, except for two single light windows at either end.

The organ chamber and transepts each have separate projecting gabled roofs and windows set within pointed arches of two and three lights respectively. The north transept extends slightly further than the aisle and organ chamber and has a doorway to the east side of it, both the door and window of the transepts are flanked by brick pilasters.

At the eastern end of the north aisle there are vestry rooms and a passageway which forms the external wall to connect with the transept, (the organ room is effectively behind this passage but rises above it). The east gable is very simple and contains a window with six cusped lights and rather robust tracery in the head with quatrefoils and semi-circles, as seen on the opposing gable.

In the south chancel wall there are three small 2-light windows in the chancel wall as opposed to one in the north, and there is evidence of blocked arches where the original plans for a lady chapel were not realised.  The south elevation is less exposed than the north because of the vegetation marking the boundary of the garden, including a tree which has grown close to the wall to the east of the south transept.

Architects, Artists and Associated People/Organisations

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Building Fabric and Features

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Building Materials

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Interior Description

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

Inside, the building is quite different in character, architecturally unadorned and surprisingly spacious. Despite the Gothic detail of the windows the interior is undeniably Romanesque, seen most clearly in the high nave, narrow aisles and round arches of the arcading. The nave arcades are of three bays of round arches with a single chamfer, carried on square piers. These continue as pilasters, rising to create segmental arches enclosing the clearstorey windows.

The aisles are relatively narrow in comparison to the nave and have transverse round arches that die into the columns of the arcading; there are small rectangular windows of either single or triple lights; to the north west of the north aisle there is a single pane of stained glass.

Both the aisles and the nave are heavily pewed, much of which is visibly distorted, revealing the subsidence of the building.  The floors are also affected and the screed in the west end is cracked and curling; similarly in the chancel area the concrete is breaking up severely.  The problem is demonstrated most acutely in the west apsidal baptistery which is currently shored up from the outside and closed. The windows have been filled in and the cracks in the brickwork are obvious. 

The south transept has a blocked archway on the east wall and this is also true of the south chancel wall, both indicative of the intended south chapel. The south chancel wall also has a plain sedilia. To the north side of the chancel is the organ, housed in a separate room with display pipes showing through pointed arches into the chancel and the transept. 

A squat brick wall topped with white stone coping divides the chancel from the nave and the pulpit is built into this structure. The roof in the nave and chancel is false hammerbeam; just below the roof the chancel and transept walls show evidence of rising salts.

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 (1914)
FONT (OBJECT) (Unknown)
LECTERN (1914)
ORGAN (OBJECT) (1917)
PULPIT (1914)
REREDOS (1914)

Portable Furnishings and Artworks

This field is an index of the building’s movable, non-fixed furnishings and artworks.

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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 891 980

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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 Ruin.

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

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

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.

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It is unknown whether the churchyard is used 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 Ruin.

There are no Scheduled Monuments within the curtilage of this Ruin.

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 Ruin

Churchyard Structures

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

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Significance

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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.

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Church Renewables

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Solar PV Panels:

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Solar Thermal Panels:
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Bio Mass:
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Air Source Heat Pump:
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Species Summary

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All of the species listed below have been recorded in close proximity to the Ruin . 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.

No species data found for this record

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 Ruin, 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 Ruin, 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 Ruin. 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 Ruin 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 Ruin, 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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