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Latitude: 52.5399 / 52°32'23"N
Longitude: -1.2352 / 1°14'6"W
OS Eastings: 451966
OS Northings: 293836
OS Grid: SP519938
Mapcode National: GBR 8NH.LKC
Mapcode Global: VHCSZ.JFV7
Plus Code: 9C4WGQQ7+XW
Entry Name: Quaker Cottage
Listing Date: 23 May 2003
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1391322
English Heritage Legacy ID: 494115
ID on this website: 101391322
Location: Sutton in the Elms, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE9
County: Leicestershire
District: Harborough
Civil Parish: Broughton Astley
Traditional County: Leicestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire
Church of England Parish: Broughton Astley St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
Tagged with: Cottage
1158/0/10001
BROUGHTON ASTLEY
LEICESTER ROAD
Sutton in the Elms
121 Quaker Cottage
GV
II
Cottage. Mid C17. Whitewashed timber-frame with C20 tile roof and brick ridge and right end stacks. Probably 3-unit lobby-entry plan. Single storey and attic. 4-window range of a 3-light mullion and transom window to either end, with a small casement either side the centre left plank door in front of the ridge stack. Small attic casement to each gable end.
INTERIOR not inspected.
HISTORY. In 1681 this cottage was acquired by the Society of Friends specifically as a meeting-house and was one of the first in the county to be so bought. The acquisition followed the imprisonment of one Edward Earby and the subsequent loss of his home as a venue for Quaker meetings. The cottage and land remained in use as a meeting-house and burial ground until its sale to a private owner in 1907. Although there have been alterations the main structure of the cottage remains sufficiently intact. In addition the specific use for which it was bought in 1681 and its subsequent use as such for more than 200 years is of special historic interest and the cottage also forms a group with Stone House (q.v.) opposite.
Evans, R.H., Journal of the Leicestershire Archaeological society, MXXXVIII, 1961-2.
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