Long Sutton Quaker Meeting House

The Long Sutton Quaker Meeting House, completed in 1717 and renovated in 1961, is a significant example of 18th-century Quaker meeting house architecture. The building is constructed of coursed blue lias stone ashlar with Hamstone dressings, and has a hipped roof covered with Welsh slate, with stone slates to the base courses.

The meeting house is a rectangular, single-storey building with a three-bay width and one-bay depth. A burial ground lies to the rear (south), with boundary walls defining the original plot and separately listed at Grade II.

The exterior features a stone plinth and a moulded stringcourse above the ground-floor openings, interrupted by the upper windows on the west and east elevations. A moulded timber cornice sits below the eaves. The north and south walls each have two nine/nine paned sash windows with original thick glazing bars, set in Hamstone surrounds with flat-arched heads and timber, panelled shutters with L-shaped hinges. Wide doorways with heavy, moulded timber frames and segmental canopies are located towards the east end of both sides. The double doors feature raised and fielded panelling. A small Hamstone plaque with a moulded surround and cornice, bearing the inscription "Ex Dono / Willm Steell / Anno Dom / 1717," is positioned above the central window of the north elevation. The east elevation has centrally placed upper and lower windows with shutters; the lower window has six/six panes and a Hamstone drip-moulding. A single upper window with shutters and a drip-moulding is present on the west elevation.

The interior presents a simple and unadorned single room with a gallery at the east end above the entrance passage. The walls are plain and plastered, with three decorative wall brackets for oil lamps. The ceiling is coved with a plaster vault, and a large, late-20th-century steel lantern provides light. A pine boarded floor completes the space. A stand with a plain panelled back and fixed seating along the open-railed front runs across the full width of the west end. Several unfixed bench seats, many appearing original, also furnish the room. The gallery projects into the room, with slender metal props supporting the gallery beam. A partition of fielded panelling with moveable shutters separates the passage from the meeting room, featuring a pair of two-panelled doors with wooden latch and L-shaped hinges. The passage has a stone-flagged floor and the original staircase; the stairwell is now enclosed by later boxing. The gallery, formerly used for female meetings, has plain plastered walls and is screened from the meeting room by fielded panelling with sliding shutters and is now used for storage.