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The Friends' Meeting House was originally built in 1805 and completely restored in 1965. It is two storeys and is constructed in brick with a modern roof. There is a small burial ground in front of the building and contemporary railings to the street. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1}
Friends bought two cottages in 1698, using their gardens as a burial ground and altering the buildings into a meeting house. In 1706 the meeting house became licenced. This building was demolished in c.1805 and a new meeting house was built in its place in 1805. This building was extensively restored in 1969 and a flat and social room was erected beside it in 1966. {2}
The site was visited in 2010. The present building of 1805 is constructed of red brick and has a hipped roof with overhanging eaves. It was refronted, and the slate roof was replaced by tiles, in 1965. The main façade facing Double Street has three bays and two storeys. The central doorway has an open pediment resting on brackets and paired doors. Above the door are two date stones. One oval tablet, with a beaded farme, bears the original date of 1805 and another records the restoration of 1965 when the building was refronted but following the original plan. The doorway is flanked by two tiers of segmental-arched sash windows. The rear end wall, facing Westlode Street, has a single wide lunette and in each side wall is a segmental-arched sash window. The interior is divided into two principal rooms separated by shutters. The fittings are said to include early 19th century open-backed benches and a table with turned legs of the early 18th century.{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}{9}{10} | Subjects: | Building | Temporal: | 1698 - 1804 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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