Building record MLI87339 - Friends Meeting House, 1 Park Street, Lincoln

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A meeting house of the Society of Friends, at 1 Park Street, Lincoln.

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Friends Meeting House, built in 1689. Altered in the 18th century, with additions to north and east in 1910. Built from roughcast and brick, with pantile roofs. 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} The building is first depicted on the 1819 Padley map. {2} In 1856, White's Directory notes that the Friends Meeting House 'is now only used for quarterly meetings, as there are not any quakers resident in the city'. {3} This site appears to have been in Quaker occupation since the mid 17th century. A meeting house built on the plot in 1689-90 at a cost of £60 was belatedly registered at Quarter Sessions on 1st December 1706. The meeting house has brick walls now rendered in pebble-dash and a gabled roof covered with pantiles but which, prior to the 19th century, appears to have had a covering of plain tiles. The principal alterations have been the addition in 1717 of lean-to accommodation on the north side incorporating a small cottage to the west, a considerable refitting c.1855, and the erection in 1910-11 of a second meeting house or hall at the eastern end. {4}{5} Abraham Morrice, a prominent resident of 17th century Lincoln, bought land at Beaumont Fee in 1667, and gave it to the Society of Friends for their use as a burial ground (see MLI125685). A meeting house was subsequently built on the site in 1689, with the building being opened in 1690 and registered in 1706. In 1716 the garret was altered, but removed in 1855. In 1717 the meeting room was repaired and enlarged by adding a lean-to. A new door and porch were installed in 1855. No regular meeting was held in Lincoln from 1775 until 1893. A new meeting house was built in 1904 after the typhoid epidemic required improvements to sanitation to all public halls. The new meeting house was attached to the old building and opened in 1910. After c.1963, the old building was used for the meetings, as maintenance of the new building was too costly and was let instead. Both buildings were refurbished in 1987. {6} 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. {7}{8}

Sources/Archives (8)

  •  Index: Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Dec 1999. Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 1941-1/11/304 269.498.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: D.R. Mills and R.C. Wheeler. 2004. Historic Town Plans of Lincoln 1610 - 1920. 92. 1819:1, p.30.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.89.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Christopher Stell. 2002. Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England. pp.215-6, no.170.
  •  Digital Archive: Lincolnshire County Council. 2005. GIS layer depicting locations and survival of nonconformist chapels in the City of Lincoln. 70415.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: David M. Butler. 1999. The Quaker Meeting Houses of Britain. vol.1, pp.367-8.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1388732.
  •  Report: Architectural History Practice Ltd. 2016. Friends Meeting House, 1 Park Street, Lincoln. -.

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Grid reference Centred SK 97373 71332 (20m by 25m) Surveyed
Civil Parish CARHOLME, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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