Monument record 0786800000 - Friends' Meeting House, Crendon Street
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (3)
- FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE (17th Century to 19th Century - 1687 AD to 1871 AD)
- CHURCH SCHOOL (19th Century to Modern - 1871 AD? to 1914 AD?)
- FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE (Modern - 1914 AD to 1924 AD)
Description
Quaker Meeting House established by 1687 in a converted former barn in Crendon Lane, owned by John Archdale and leased to the Friends from 1693. The Meeting was discontinued in 1871 and the meeting house was leased as a school room to Christ Church (Congregational Church). Quaker practice was revived in 1914, with meetings held in the old meeting house until 1924 when the meeting moved to a former mission house in Corporation Street. In 1929 the meeting moved to rooms in The Limes in Easton Street and in March 1931 the meeting house on London Road [CAS 1320905000] opened. The old meeting house in Crendon Lane was demolished in 1930 or 1931, for road widening (B1).
Illustration of interior in 1929 (B2).
'Friends' Meeting House (Contains 20? Sittings)' shown at NGR on detailed 1:500 OS Wycombe town plan of 1874 (B3).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC24783 Unpublished document: Architectural History Practice. 2015. Friends Meeting House, High Wycombe.
- <2>SBC22464 Bibliographic reference: James Rattue. 2002. High Wycombe Past. Illustration p49 plate 55.
- <3>SBC10135 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1875. OS 1875 1:500 SCALE MAPS OF HIGH WYCOMBE. 1:500.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 86772 92987 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 12 2017 12:15PM
