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Friends Meeting House Balby (Doncaster), 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Architectural History Practice Ltd unpublished report series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: |
Balby Meeting House represents the latest in a series of meeting houses that have served Quakers in the Doncaster area since the early eighteenth century. It was built in the 1970s, and refurbished and extended in 2009; it has low significance for its heritage value. Evidential value. As a relatively modern building, the building has low significance for evidential and archaeological values. The re-set grave stones in the garden have some evidential value, related to burial grounds in Warmsworth and on West Laith Gate, both since closed. Historical value The building is associated with the long history of Quakers in Balby and Doncaster, but the current meeting house and site has low historical significance. Aesthetic value The building has medium significance for its architectural value, as a typical example of 1970s design, remodelled to form an attractive, but plain meeting house in 2009. Communal value The meeting house has high communal value, as a place for Quaker meetings and it plays an important role in the neighbourhood, providing space for activities that support the community, particularly disadvantaged people, asylum-seekers and refugees. |
Author: |
Marion Barter
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Publisher: |
Architectural History Practice Ltd
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Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
South Yorkshire Archaeology Service (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2016
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Friends Meeting House Oxford Place |
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South Yorkshire |
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Doncaster |
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DONCASTER |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 457363, 402583 (Easting, Northing)
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architec1-267968 |
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18 Aug 2017 |