Description

SD 772 466, SD 74 NE,
7/107

GRINDLETON,
Friends' Meeting House and house adjoining to south-west

16.11.1954

G.V.

II

Quaker meeting house, late C18th. Squared watershot limestone with
sandstone dressings and stone slate roof. Meeting house, to the right,
of one storey with gallery. House of 2 storeys. Meeting house has a
tripartite sashed window with glazing bars, plain stone surround and
square mullions on each side of the door. The double door has raised
and fielded panels and a plain stone surround with a semi-circular head
with keystone, rising above a lintel. The fanlight has radiating
glazing bars. The house has a bay to the left of its door having sashed
windows with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds. To its left are
projecting quoins, matching those at the right of the meeting house.
To the left is a C19th extension having chamfered quoins of imitation
stone. On the 1st floor is a 2-light window with plain stone surround
and square mullion. On the ground floor is a French window with plain
stone surround. The left-hand gable has a brick chimney cap. The
right-hand gable wall of the meeting house has 2 2-light windows on the
1st floor with plain stone surrounds and square mullions. Below is a
door with plain stone surround. INTERIOR: The meeting room has fixed
pine benches of raised and fielded panels at its left-hand side. At
the right is a wide gallery, formerly used by women and children, having
a front of raised and fielded panels, some of which open as shutters.

Listing NGR: SD7727246684

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26327605

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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