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Friends' Meeting House

A Grade II* Listed Building in Stafford, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.811 / 52°48'39"N

Longitude: -2.1198 / 2°7'11"W

OS Eastings: 392022

OS Northings: 323722

OS Grid: SJ920237

Mapcode National: GBR 16Q.QWB

Mapcode Global: WHBDT.DLTW

Plus Code: 9C4VRV6J+93

Entry Name: Friends' Meeting House

Listing Date: 16 January 1951

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1211911

English Heritage Legacy ID: 383966

ID on this website: 101211911

Location: Broadeye, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16

County: Staffordshire

District: Stafford

Electoral Ward/Division: Coton

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Stafford

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Stafford St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description



STAFFORD

SJ9223NW FOREGATE STREET
590-1/9/24 (East side)
16/01/51 Friends' Meeting House

II*

Friends' meeting house. Dated 1730 with late C19 addition.
Brick; tile roof with coped gables. Rectangular structure set
back from road Single-storey; 3-window range. Top wooden
cornice. Entrance to right of centre has pegged frame and
altered panelled door, bracketed gabled canopy and bull's eye
window with bull's eye glass above, and datestone below
cornice. Windows have rubbed brick flat arches with fluted
keys and cross casements. Small window to left return. Rear
has single-storey wing next to window with pegged frame.
INTERIOR has original fittings: panelling, gallery with stair
with turned balusters; overseers' bench and elders' gallery. A
well-preserved example of an early meeting house, the best in
Staffordshire.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London:
1974-: 246; Victoria County History of Staffordshire:
Greenslade MW: A History of Stafford, taken from V.C.H.:
London: 1979-: 253).


Listing NGR: SJ9202223722

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