Quaker Meeting House - Duke Street, Chelmsford, UK
N 51° 44.158 E 000° 28.124
31U E 325219 N 5734704
This plaque is attached to the north east face of what is known as the Anne Knight House on the south west side of Duke Street in Chelmsford. The building was constructed as a Quaker Meeting House and was used for that purpose from 1824 to 1957.
Waymark Code: WMTJDW
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/29/2016
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The blue, square plaque carries the words:
Quakers
have held
public meetings
for Worship
in Chelmsford
since 1656.
Meetings were held
here from
1824 until 1957
The building is Grade II listed with the entry at the Historic England website advising:
Early C19, of grey gault brick. Purpose built as a meeting house, (Quaker meetings were held in this building from 1824 to 1957) with a large open hall. Front with pedimented gable and blank circular window. Ionic porch with 4 columns with entasis. Continuous sill band, and 4 arched recesses to front. Side elevations each of 5 windows placed above the sill band, round headed with small pane sashes. Roof pitched and slate clad.