NHER 37501 (Building record) - Friend's Meeting House (Old Library), Bridge Street
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TF60SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DOWNHAM MARKET, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Friends' meeting house of 1701, brick, converted to a library and gutted in 1960s. Now used by the Salvation Army.
Cemetery remains at rear.
See (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 11 November 2002.
This building had several periods of disuse, 1796-1814, 1872-4 and 1881-1905 before passing out of use in 1937. The brickwork is English bond, the roof which had formerly been thatched, was rebuilt to a lower pitch and is now slate.
See (S2) for further details, including of the monuments.
M. Langham-Lopez (HES), 4 October 2012.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1170618.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 313.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF50319 Unpublished Document: Rose, E. 2002. Building Report. Building Report.
- <S2> SNF70115 Monograph: Stell, C. 2002. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. p 238.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Dec 20 2017 3:35PM