Oakham Quaker Meeting House

The Oakham Quaker Meeting House is a Quaker meeting house built in 1719, with repairs made in 1806 and further alterations including refurbishment in 2016.

Constructed from coursed ironstone, the building features a pitched roof covered with Collyweston slate. It is a single-storey structure with a rectangular plan oriented east-west, and it has a ridge stack located at the west gable, which serves the building’s sole fireplace.

Situated towards the south end of Gaol Lane at its junction with South Street, the meeting house is set on a walled plot accessed from the south. It is located to the north-east of a Grade II-listed 18th-century barn at the rear of Number 64 High Street. The main (south) elevation consists of three bays, with a centrally-placed entrance doorway that has a rectangular two-light fanlight above it, flanked by casement windows on either side. The six-light casements include awning windows, and each opening features a thin timber lintel and narrow sills. The other elevations are blind, and the east gable facing Gaol Lane displays a date stone inscribed with "RH 1719."

Inside, the meeting house consists of a single space. The meeting room is accessed through a double-leaf door on the south elevation. The room is simply plastered, with painted timber wainscot and a moulded dado rail. The ceiling is plaster laid on reed. Fixed benches are incorporated into the wainscot along each wall. The fireplace on the west wall has a tiled surround and a simple timber mantle-shelf supported by timber brackets. The Elders’ stand is located on the east wall, accessible from either end.