Description

KELVEDON HIGH STREET
TL 8619-8719 (north-west side)

8/193 Quaker Meeting House,
to rear of Nos. 203-5
29.5.87

GV II

Quaker meeting house, now a store. Early C18. Red brick in Flemish bond,
roofed with handmade red plain tiles. Rectangular plan facing SE (internally,
facing SW). C20 lean-to workshop against front elevation. C20 small lean-to
against rear elevation. 2 storeys. 3 C18 sashes of 8 + 12 lights with
segmental arches, and one oval window with radial tracery. Some crown glass.
Doorway reduced with C20 brickwork. Double range roof with leaded hips. One
similar sash in each return, one in rear elevation. The NE end of the rear
elevation has been rebuilt in the C20, retaining the earlier sash, with flettons
on the inside. The interior originally had a boarded dado all round, of which
some remains at the NE end. 2 wooden platforms for seating across the full
width of the NE end survive. The Kelvedon Local Meeting was established in
1711. (Records at Friends' Meeting House, Colchester).

Listing NGR: TL8637319154

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26463946

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)