Newton Hall

This is a very old, timber framed building, dating back to the fourteenth century. A useful glass panel has been inserted into the building so its makeup is accessible. It is one of the earliest cruck framed buildings in the country. The cruck blades come directly from the ground sill and continue up to the roof. The blades actually support the timbers on the roof and date to around 1380. Restoration work began in 1968, before which the building had been preserved by an encasing of brick and blue slate on the roof. During the restoration, english oak was used in the same way as it would have originally been with pegs to fasten the joints. About thirty five per cent of the timbers in the wall are original and over 1,200 hand made pegs were needed to complete the frame. Newton Hall does not appear to have been black and white, unlike most other timber framed buildings which had the oak painted black and the wattle lime washed. The windows are typical examples of fourteenth century buildings and were closed internally by shutters often described as 'window doors'. During Roman Times there was a track that led from the River Tame near Newton Hall, to a castle in Glossop.

Hyde Chapel- Hyde

Having been built in 1708, this chapel was the fist church in Hyde, which consisted at the time, of a few scattered farms. Previous to it's existance, people had to worship in Stockport, or cross the river into Denton.