St Mary's Church.
This Anglican Church was built in 1845-48 at the joint expense of the Church Commissioners, the Incorporated Church Building Society, and the Chester Diocesan Society, aided by subscriptions from individuals.
It was built as the first parish church of Droylsden and Fairfield.
The architect was Edwin Hugh Shellard of Manchester and the contractors were Messrs Heyworth of Todmorden for the stonework and Messrs Coulthurst & Froggatt of Cheetham Hill, Manchester, for the remainder of the building. It was built of hammer-dressed stone with a hammer-beam slate roof in the Early English style of Gothic architecture.
The church is particularly notable for its hammer-beam roof which is a form of timber roof truss that allows the roof to have a greater span than the length of any individual piece of timber.This design is typical of English Gothic architecture.
The church was consecrated on the 11 Feb 1848 by the Rt Revd Bishop James Prince Lee, being the first church consecrated by the first Bishop of Manchester.
The Revd Philip Thompson was appointed as the first Rector.
Alterations to the church were made in 1870 and the architect was George Tunstal Redmayne of Manchester.
The church is listed Grade II, List Entry No. 1163722.