FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE - Swarthmoor

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"Quaker meeting house. Dated 1688; interior altered 1814; sash windows added 1829; gable wall slated 1843. Roughcast with some sandstone ashlar dressings and some slatehanging, with slate roof....Adjoining to the right is the former stable block, now converted into a meeting room.....George Fox bought the property at Swarthmoor in 1687 from two of Judge Fell's daughters and passed it on to the Friends with instructions on how to build the meeting house, which was registered as a place of worship in 1689. "
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1270207
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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