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Friends Meeting House

A Grade II Listed Building in Truro, Cornwall

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Latitude: 50.2666 / 50°15'59"N

Longitude: -5.0508 / 5°3'2"W

OS Eastings: 182676

OS Northings: 45188

OS Grid: SW826451

Mapcode National: GBR ZF.X8FV

Mapcode Global: FRA 089B.B2J

Plus Code: 9C2P7W8X+JM

Entry Name: Friends Meeting House

Listing Date: 19 June 1973

Last Amended: 30 July 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1201508

English Heritage Legacy ID: 377523

ID on this website: 101201508

Location: Truro, Cornwall, TR1

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Truro

Built-Up Area: Truro

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: St John and St Paul, Truro

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 29/11/2016


SW 8245 SE,
880-1/4/210

TRURO,
PAUL'S TERRACE (East side),
Friends' Meeting House

(Formerly Listed as: PAUL'S TERRACE, Quaker Meeting House)

19.06.73

G.V.

II

Meeting house. 1825. For Mr Tweedy. Freestone ashlar porch,
otherwise dressed coursed local stone, asbestos slate hipped
main roof, grouted scantle slate roof to porch. Rectangular
plan. Single storey; front of 4-window range has plinth,
central flat-roofed porch, moulded wooden eaves cornice and
shallow segmental arches with projecting keystones over
original 30-pane hornless sashes; wide doorway into right-hand
side of porch. Right-hand end is a 2-window-range entrance
front with similar sashes but copies, porch has doorway on its
left. INTERIOR: slightly altered 1980s but retains the
original panelled minister's gallery with steps with ramped
handrails at either end and original vertically-sliding
panelled screens to either side of entrance hall.


Listing NGR: SW8267645188

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