Derrick, A. (2015). Friends Meeting House, Chesham, Historic Building Record. London: Architectural History Practice Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1037401. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Friends Meeting House, Chesham, Historic Building Record
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Series:		 Architectural History Practice Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 A late eighteenth-century meeting house, with a little-altered interior, adjoining an earlier burial ground. It is of high heritage significance. Evidential value: The meeting house was built in 1798 and retains much of its original character and fabric. Features such as the full-height shutters and the fixed seating in the elders' stand are important survivals, evocative of Quaker tradition and worship. The burial ground contains several historic headstones. The building and site are of high evidential value. Historical value: The meeting house has been in use since 1798 and the burial ground for more than a century longer. The site is all that remains of Chesham's Saffron Garden Meadow. Both building and site are of high historical value. Aesthetic value: The meeting house is externally little-altered and has a plain late Georgian character, with notable details and features such as the fine external brickwork detailing and joinery. Inside, the shutters and fixed furnishings contribute to the aesthetic value of the building. It stands within a small former burial ground, a valuable open space. Additions of 1962-4 have not significantly reduced the aesthetic value of the building, which is high. Communal value: The meeting house is not currently widely used by the wider community on account of poor facilities, and is not prominently located in the townscape. Nevertheless the building and open space of the burial ground contribute to the character of the area, giving them medium communal value.
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Author:		 Andrew Derrick
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Publisher:		 Architectural History Practice Ltd
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Site: Friends Meeting House, Bellingdon Road
County: Buckinghamshire
District: Buckinghamshire
Parish: CHESHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 495910, 201937 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: architec1-241011
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018