Spalding Quaker Meeting House is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Meeting house. 1 related planning application.
Spalding Quaker Meeting House
- WRENN ID
- vacant-eave-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1950
- Type
- Meeting house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century Quaker meeting house that was altered and extended in the 1960s. The original building and the later extension are both constructed of brick with tiled roofs.
The building is aligned north-west to south-east, with a mid-20th century block attached to the south-west. The original building is rectangular, with a square addition attached to the south-west at a later date. The main facade, accessed from Double Street to the south, has three bays, featuring a central, pedimented doorway and a six-over-six pane sash window on either side of each floor. The windows and the hipped roof with sweeping eaves date to a refurbishment in 1965. A date stone indicating 1806 is centrally positioned above the entrance, with a further stone reading "RESTORED 1965" directly above. A projecting block to the left (south-west) was added in the mid-20th century and has three sash windows on its east elevation, one at ground floor, and two above; a similar arrangement is present on the southern elevation.
The northern elevation now serves as the main entrance to newly created flats, with the rear of the 1806 range visible at the east. This range fronts directly onto Westlode Street and has a semi-circular window at first-floor level; it is otherwise blank. The western elevation of this range contains a further sash window with a segmental arch. To the right (west) is a 1966 extension of five bays, with three sash windows on the ground floor and five above. A small, single-storey, flat-roofed extension joins the original building and the extension at a corner.
The interior of the main meeting house is divided into two spaces: a meeting room to the rear (north) and a front space that contains a gallery above and a stair hall below. The walls of the meeting room are half-clad with vertical timber boards, with a central doorway connecting the two spaces. The mid-20th century gallery stair is located to the south. The 1966 extension is now used as two self-contained flats and is considered to have less architectural significance.
A small burial ground lies to the south of the meeting house, fronted by a series of likely 19th-century iron railings along Double Street. C20 brick walls are situated beneath the railings.
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