Earls Colne Quaker Meeting House

The Earls Colne Quaker Meeting House was built around 1733, with significant alterations in the 19th century and again between 1986 and 1987. The building is constructed of red brick with some burnt headers in a Flemish bond pattern, and has clay tile roof coverings.

The meeting house is a single-story, square building with a pavilion roof. A short, glazed link connects it to a rectangular single-story extension with a hipped roof. It is located within the Quaker burial ground on Burrows Road.

The west front has three bays. The central bay originally contained a door, but now features a large lattice window of nine lights, with six smaller lights above and three larger ones below. Similar lattice windows of six lights are on either side, with raised sills over the bricked-up openings that were previously larger. The south elevation is plain, while the east elevation features a bricked-up former entrance flanked by windows. The north elevation incorporates the glazed link to the extension. The extension has blank east and west walls, with “QUAKER / MEETING / HOUSE” lettered on the west wall. Its north side, facing the burial ground, has a full-height window of four lights on the left, and three smaller windows with brick sills on the right.

The meeting house has a pavilion roof covered with clay tiles. The glazed link has a pitched roof that is partially glazed and partially tiled, while the extension's roof is hipped and covered with clay tiles.

Inside, the meeting house has a single, open space entered through a double-leaf door with a timber surround on the north side. Recent cupboards and shelving line the north wall. The interior has no divisions, supported by two chamfered timber columns which hold up a flat ceiling that hides a gallery above. The Elders’ stand occupies the full length of the south wall, accessed from the west by a short staircase with a turned newel post, moulded handrail, stick balusters, and a closed string. The stand features a horizontally boarded dado, a panelled front with a moulded handrail, and fixed seating. The modern extension to the north contains a kitchen, toilets, and a committee room.