Friends Meeting House Including Burial Ground Walls

The Friends Meeting House, including the burial ground walls, is located at 17 Howard Street South in Great Yarmouth. It was originally built in 1692 and rebuilt in 1807, on the site of a cell from the Augustinian Priory of Gorleston, reusing some materials from the earlier structure. The building features rendered and colourwashed brick beneath a pantiled roof.

The exterior consists of two storeys, with the west facade displaying a plinth course and a six-panelled door to the right, which is topped by a plain overlight. To the left, there are two six-over-six horned sash windows under segmental heads at the upper level, along with three ventilation grilles for the cellar. The north side has a cellar grille and a six-over-six upper sash window, while the south side also features a cellar grille and a late 20th-century three-over-three horned sash window in the gable apex. Notably, there is half of a rebated stone arch on the right, likely of 15th-century origin, which survives from the earlier building. The roof is gabled, with a rebuilt stack on the west slope.

Inside, the main hall has a plank dado and a raised bench at the north end, accompanied by a panelled screen. At the south end, there is a panelled balcony that is now blocked, but it has four rows of benches behind it at the first-floor level. The roof features 20th-century principals supporting purlins. The undercroft was opened out between 1979 and 1981, revealing 1807 floor beams overhead, along with 1979 cast-iron columns and rolled steel joists. The west wall has four 15th-century splayed window embrasures with stone jambs and sloping sills, and the walls are constructed of flint and brick.

Surrounding the building, there are three ranges of walls that enclose the burial ground to the east. The north range is made of flint and brick with rendered coping, the east range is brick that is rendered over, and the south range consists of coursed flints.