Description

NY 35 NW BURGH BY SANDS Moorhouse

5/72 Former Friends'
Meeting House
1/4/57
G.V. II

Barn formerly Friends' Meeting House. Dated 1733 over entrance. English garden
wall bond brickwork on chamfered stone plinth; graduated greenslate roof with
coped gables and kneelers. 1½ storeys, 5 bays. 4-panel double doors in moulded
round arch with impost blocks and false dated keystone. External wooden
shutters to windows which are in plain stone surrounds. Projecting square
stones, a little above and between the windows. Attic 2-light windows to
extreme right. Interior may have remains of its original woodwork which was
there in 1974, but bales of straw inside at time of survey prevent examination.
See David M. Butler, Quaker Meeting Houses of the Lake Counties, 1978, pp9-11.

Listing NGR: NY3357956666

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26653170

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)