Quaker Cottage, Keswick, Cumbria - Quaker Meeting Houses on Waymarking.com

Hugh Tickell of Portinscale was a great benefactor of early Quakers in this town. He met Fox around 1660 and was convinced. Hugh made land available in Crosthwaite and the first Keswick meeting house was built complete with orchard. The meeting house remained in use until 1715, when a new meeting house was built. By 1807 there was no meeting as noted by Robert Southey of Greta Hall.

"In 1820 the redundant meeting house became a girls school and was used as such until 1833. It then seems to have stood empty for many years until it was converted into three cottages and then later on in to a single dwelling which today is known as Quaker Cottage. The building is to be found on Crosthwaite Road near to the Catholic Church." ref (visit link)
There is no burial ground.

The house is made from local rough slate with slate roof. The house is single storey with pitch roof. Additional outhouses have been added on. Note the wooden gutters, probably a later addition. The modern wall covering is render now painted white. Only the slate roof will be saving the house from tremendous damp problems, as early builders did not put in a damp course and the exterior paint will keep any moisture in as well as out.

Reference
Donald A. Rooksby The Man In Leather Breeches (page 19 para 2)

Links
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Web Address: [Web Link] Physical Address: Quaker Cottage Crosthwaite Road Keswick, Cumbria UK CA12 5PG Year Built: 1665 Still in Use?: no Hours of Worship: Not Listed

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