Osmotherley Quaker Meeting House

The Osmotherley Quaker Meeting House is a Quaker meeting house built by 1733, with an extension added in 1947 and later alterations.

Constructed from ashlar stone, it features a clay pantile roof. The building has a rectangular shape and is a single-storey structure with a gabled roof and a chimney stack on the east gable end. There is also a single-storey lean-to on the east side.

The meeting house faces the Quaker burial ground off West End, oriented west-east. The exterior is made of ashlar with raised quoins, and the roof is covered with clay pantiles, featuring shaped stone kneelers and coped gables. The lean-to extension also has a shed roof covered in clay pantiles. The main front (south elevation) has five bays, which include two four-light windows on the left, a built-up doorway with a stone lintel, another four-light window, and an entrance door in a plain opening with a lintel that is dated 1723. The window openings have plain stone surrounds with projecting sills. The south side of the lean-to has a casement window.

On the east elevation of the lean-to, there is a casement window and a built-up doorway, while the rear (north) side features three small casement windows. A small four-light window in the upper level of the east gable lights the gallery. The north and west elevations of the meeting house are blind, with a small outbuilding attached to the west elevation.

Inside, the entrance door opens into a small lobby that is partially enclosed by tongue and groove panelling. A four-panelled door leads into the main meeting room, which has a timber floor and is plastered and painted. There is a modern stone fireplace below the gallery on the east wall, and the gallery stairs in the north-east corner are enclosed by panelling, including a four-panelled door. The gallery is fully enclosed, creating an upper room, with the north-south floor joists visible as the ceiling below. The lean-to to the east contains a kitchen and toilets.