Friends Meeting House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1949. Meeting house. 5 related planning applications.
Friends Meeting House
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1949
- Type
- Meeting house
- Address
- Friends Meeting House, 36, High Street, BA16 0EB
- OS grid reference
- ST 485 369
- Coordinates
- 51.12936, -2.73732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Friends Meeting House is a Quaker meeting house built in 1850 on an earlier site, designed by J. Francis Cotterell of Bath. It is constructed of blue lias ashlar, with the plinth being quarry-faced and featuring rusticated quoins. The building has a moulded stone eaves cornice and a hipped slate roof with wide eaves. At the roof ridge, there is a louvred square cupola topped with a pyramidal lead capping and a spirelet. The structure is rectangular in plan with plain elevations and two storey frontages.
The entrance frontage consists of two sets of three bays, featuring tall 20-pane sash windows with cambered heads. The main door opening is situated between the bay sets and includes paired 2-panelled doors beneath a projecting Tuscan portico with a triangular pediment. To the right, there is another door opening with a 4-panelled door. The frontage facing High Street has 16-pane sash windows with cambered heads on both floors, along with an additional door opening that also has a 4-panelled door.
Inside, the simple layout is divided into two large rooms separated by a panelled divider, with the northern room featuring a bench and dado panelling.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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