Description

ACKWORTH PONTEFRACT ROAD
SE41NW
(west side) Low
Ackworth
2/20 Quaker Meeting House
25.3.1968 with attached lodge
(formerly listed as
"Quaker Meeting House")
GV II*

Quaker Meeting House. 1847. Sandstone ashlar, slate roof. Rectangular plan
3 x 5 bays. Two storeys, in Classical style; symmetrical; pedimented 3-bay
entrance front covered at ground floor by Tuscan colonnade of coupled columns
with plain entablature (continued to right as facade of lodge - see below); 3
doorways at ground floor, and three 12-pane sashes at 1st floor; with
architraves, dentilled pediment, and an oculus within it; apex chimney (or
pedestal to former bellcote?). Return walls and rear in matching style.
Lodge attached at front right-hand corner, 2 x 2 bays and one storey, is
incorporated within the colonnade, but with pilasters and semi-columns, has a
narrow central doorway recessed between a pair of semi-columns, and a 12-pane
sash in each side bay; right-hand return wall has coupled pilasters to left
and right, a single pilaster in the centre, and similar windows.
Interior: of Meeting House has a horseshoe gallery supported on slender iron
columns, and at the rear end a raised floor approached by steps to left and
right, and protected by plain panelling with ramped handrail.

Listing NGR: SE4414717281

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550140

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)