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Friends Meeting House, Guildford, Historic Building Record |
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Architectural History Practice Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
The meeting house is a large urban example built in 1804-6 to a design by John Bevans, a Quaker architect of Plaistow. It has been altered and extended since but retains the original stand in the meeting room. It has high heritage value. Evidential value: The meeting house is a Georgian building whose fabric probably contains further evidence about its history and development. It has high evidential value. Historical value: The meeting house was built in the early nineteenth century due to the efforts of local Quakers and, in particular, the Chandler and Birkbeck families. It replaced an earlier meeting house nearby, whose burial ground, known as Quakers' Acre, survives. The meeting house has high historical value. Aesthetic value: While the meeting house has been altered and extended, the main elevation and the main meeting room in particular have high aesthetic value. Communal value: The building is primarily a Quaker meeting house but is also well-used by local community groups. It has high communal value. |
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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Friends Meeting House, Ward Street |
County: |
Surrey |
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Guildford |
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GUILDFORD |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 499789, 149645 (Easting, Northing)
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architec1-241780 |
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Created Date: |
01 Feb 2018 |