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Friends Meeting House, Bournemouth, Historic Building Record |
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Architectural History Practice Ltd unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
The meeting house is a large building of 1964, built following a site exchange with Marks and Spencer. It has low overall significance. Evidential value: The meeting house is a modern building which was designed to be flexible in use. It has low evidential value. Historical value: The building is a large, modern meeting house built to serve a large post-war meeting in the Bournemouth area. It is the successor building to a meeting house of 1912 built on a site acquired in 1871. It has medium historical value. Aesthetic value: The design, the materials and the furnishings are typical of the 1960s, with few decorative details. The building has low aesthetic value. Communal value: The building is primarily a Quaker place of worship which 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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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Dorset SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Site: |
Friends Meeting House, Wharncliffe Road |
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Dorset |
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
Parish: |
BOURNEMOUTH |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 410982, 91518 (Easting, Northing)
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Created Date: |
18 Aug 2017 |