Huntingdon Quaker Meeting House

Quaker Meeting House comprising a late C18 building fronting the street and behind it an earlier, possibly C17, rear block, and the rear part of the wing, possibly of C19 date. Along the north side of the rear wing is a 1972 extension.

MATERIALS: the late C18 building is of brick with a tiled hipped mansard roof with brick stacks at either end. The C17 block has a brick base with rendered timber-framing above, a steeply pitched roof of corrugated iron over thatch and a central brick chimneystack. The C19 end block is brick with a tiled pitched roof.

PLAN: rectangular plan with the late C18 building to the south-west, a rear wing and a C20 narrow extension. Two storeys with cellars.

EXTERIOR: the late C18 building: the street elevation faces south-west and has three bays with a modern entrance door in the centre, flanked by two eight-over-eight sash windows. On the upper floor are two nine-pane dormer windows. The south corner is chamfered. The north-west side elevation has a modern side door, a casement window at first-floor level and a window to the raised basement or cellar.

The C17 block: the south-east elevation has four small-paned windows to the ground floor and one casement window to the first floor.

The possible C19 end block has two three-light mullion and transom windows to the south and two square gable windows to the east. The 1972 extension is narrow with a flat roof and contains an entrance area which was added to the courtyard-facing side.

INTERIOR: the late C18 building to the south-west has been converted into flats.

The C17 block: the ground floor of this part of the building contains two low-ceiled rooms, one of which has a large fireplace, the other is now the kitchen, both with chamfered beams, as well as a small cellar room only a few steps below ground level. Above are a small first-floor room to the west and an attic on the east side of the central stack; the latter has lath-and-plaster walls and ceiling.

The possible C19 end block: internally this is open to the king-post roof and has a timber-panelled ceiling. To the north, the former external wall has been removed and the room extends into the 1972 entrance block which contains the toilets.