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Friends Meeting House, Ifield, Historic Building Record |
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Architectural History Practice Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
The meeting house, dating from 1675-76, is one of the earliest purpose-built meeting houses in England. It is attached to a house of c.1475. The complex also includes a burial ground, a well and an eighteenth-century mounting block. Overall, the building has exceptional heritage significance. Evidential value: The little altered meeting house has the potential to reveal further evidence about the past, as demonstrated by the recently discovered concealed shoe in a wall. It has exceptional evidential value. Historical value: The meeting house is one of the earliest purpose-built meeting houses in England. It has associations with William Penn, George Fox and Elizabeth Fry. It has exceptional historical value. Aesthetic value: The building was built using local stone (reputedly from Slaugham Place) and a high-quality design with 'polite' features such as quoins. It has exceptional aesthetic value. Communal value: The building has high communal value as a Quaker meeting house, which is also used by the local community and whose attics are leased to a housing association. |
Author: |
Johanna Roethe
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Publisher: |
Architectural History Practice Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Please note: this record has been validated by-proxy by Historic England.
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Locations: |
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Friends Meeting House, Langley Lane, Ifield |
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West Sussex |
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Crawley |
Parish: |
CRAWLEY |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 525244, 137910 (Easting, Northing)
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architec1-241946 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |