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Friends Meeting House Leyburn, Historic Building Record |
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Architectural History Practice Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
The meeting house has medium heritage significance as a Victorian domestic building which was converted for use as a meeting house in the 1980s. Evidential value The meeting house has an overall low level of significance for evidential value. The North Yorkshire County Council Historic Environment Record has not identified the site for any archaeological interest. Historical value Little is known about the builders or architect of 7 Grove Square and there is little information about the former occupiers of the building. As a typical nineteenth century building built in the local vernacular and converted for Quaker use in 1980s, it has medium historical value. Aesthetic value The meeting house has medium aesthetic value. It is an attractive nineteenth century domestic building which retains much of its original external architectural detail. It makes a positive contribution to the conservation area. Communal value The building has been in use as a Quaker meeting house since 1984 and a venue for community groups. The meeting house has medium communal value. |
Author: |
E Neil
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Architectural History Practice Ltd
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
North Yorkshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Friends Meeting House Grove Square |
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North Yorkshire |
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England |
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Richmondshire |
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LEYBURN |
Grid Reference: 411117, 490651 (Easting, Northing)
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18 Aug 2017 |