Building record MLI87226 - Friends Meeting House, 22 Market Street, Gainsborough

Summary

A meeting house of the Society of Friends, at 22 Market Street, Gainsborough.

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The meeting house stands on the south side of the street near the junction with Beaumont Street. It has brick walls and a pantiled roof with gabled ends. It was built in 1704 and has a stone with this date in the south wall. Alterations in 1809, 1876 and 1951 have not greatly affected the original structure but the north wall is now largely concealed by extensions of 1876, built for the Adult School Movement. The principal elevation facing south has two windows with flat-arched brick heads, that to the east is reduced in width, and further to the right an upper window with a blocked window below. The east wall has a central doorway with a 19th century wood frame and a window above. The windows in the north wall are covered by later buildings. The interior has a gallery and screens at the east end and a stand opposite. The gallery is known as the 'womens' gallery', where separate meetings could be held, and then the screens removed, and a full meeting held. The fittings appear to have been entirely renewed in the 19th century. There is a small burial ground to the south (see MLI116257). 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}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7} The Friends Meeting House was the subject of a programme of building recording, conducted in January 2016 to inform its future conservation. The history and development of the site was summarised in the project report, which included floor plans and several photographs of the structures. The original building was rectangular in plan, measuring 35ft by 24ft, and was built of red brick laid in an English Garden Wall bond. Inside, the meeting room has plain plastered walls with a timber dado rail, and a modern flat ceiling inserted immediately below the original ceiling. The alterations of 1876 added a single-storey schoolroom to the north side of the meeting house. Kitchens and toilets were added in the 20th century. The building suffered some minor damage during the Second World War, but was repaired in 1951 and the roof was re-covered in 1982. {8}{9}

Sources/Archives (9)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.171.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: R.W. Ambler. 1979. Lincolnshire Returns of the Census of Religious Worship, 1851. 1447.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Christopher Stell. 2002. Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England. pp.205-6, no.98.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1977. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 1/106.
  •  Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2004-2009. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels. 55135.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.296.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: David M. Butler. 1999. The Quaker Meeting Houses of Britain. vol.1, pp.365-6.
  •  Report: Architectural History Practice Ltd. 2016. Friends Meeting House, 22 Market Street, Gainsborough. -.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1168215.

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Grid reference Centred SK 81615 89908 (13m by 14m) Surveyed
Civil Parish GAINSBOROUGH, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Jun 2 2023 1:43PM

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