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Friends Meeting House, Tavistock, Historic Building Record |
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Architectural History Practice Ltd unpublished report series
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Abstract: |
The meeting house is a former pair of cottages built in c.1817 in conjunction with the adjacent Tavistock Canal Wharf. It has been leased from West Devon Borough Council since 1976. The building has high overall significance. Evidential value: An investigation of the built fabric might reveal further information about the former use and layout of the cottages. The building has high evidential value. Historical value: The building was built in conjunction with the Tavistock Canal and the wharf. Originally two semi-detached cottages, it was later internally connected. The rear part has been used as public toilets in conjunction with the public car park on most of the wharf site since about the 1970s. The building has high historical value. Aesthetic value: The meeting house was built from local rubble stone with Gothick windows, matching those on the nearby wharf building (5 Canal Road). It has been altered externally and internally over time but the main elevation in particular retains medium aesthetic value. Communal value: Parts of the building have been used as a Quaker meeting house since 1976 with additional use 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: |
2016
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Friends Meeting House, Canal Road |
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Devon |
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West Devon |
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TAVISTOCK |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 248021, 74176 (Easting, Northing)
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architec1-266598 |
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Created Date: |
18 Aug 2017 |