The Friends Meeting House And Adjoining Cottage To West

The Friends' Meeting House, with an adjoining cottage to the west, dates to 1675 and was slightly altered in the 18th century. Constructed of mixed random rubble, largely whitewashed, it features a graduated stone slate roof. The building follows a simple rectangular plan aligned east-west, with a one-bay cottage integrated at the western end and a two-storey porch situated next to the road junction.

The cottage is two low storeys high with a single three-light mullioned window on each floor, and a short square gable chimney. The Meeting House itself is one storey high, matching the cottage’s height, with a plinth. The front of the Meeting House has one three-light window at mid-level on the left, a further two aligned vertically to the right, the upper window serving the gallery and lacking a drip-course. The porch is two storeys and gabled, featuring a round-headed outer doorway with a chamfered surround, and a square-headed inner doorway with a heavy pegged oak door and simple wrought-iron furnishings. A 20th-century replica datestone, featuring the letters "Anno / Do / 1675" above a five-pointed star, sits above the outer doorway, while a round-headed one-light window with a chamfered surround and hollow spandrels is positioned at the first floor.

Inside, the walls are panelled with muntin-and-rail construction, with plain benches. A raised bench sits against the south wall, featuring a simple panelled front and a rail with ball finials at the stair top. Galleries were added in 1711 to the north side and both ends, supported by wooden columns with wooden turned-baluster railings, and accessed by a wide wooden staircase opposite the main door. Wooden gates at the foot of the staircase create an enclosure for sheepdogs. The west end of the building is partitioned with wooden panelling on both levels to form a Warden’s cottage. This is the third oldest Friends' Meeting House.