Cartmel Meeting House, Cumbria - Quaker Meeting Houses on Waymarking.com

Cartmel Meeting house replaced the meeting at the remote Height (visit link) through being more convenient and meetings alternated between the two for 18 months. It is purpose built from local stone. The loft was converted into a classroom in 1970s. The house was designed by celebrated Quaker architect Alfred Waterhouse, who also designed the Manchester Town Hall.

Buttresses and window surrounds are made from local limestone, with a steeply pitched local slate roof. A typical non-conformist chapel of the district from the outside. Inside is a typical meeting house layout. The majority of attendees coming from Grange. The plot was bought for £176 10s 0d (£176.50) and had two cottages on it with a plot of land. There is a Dated stone above the porch. No attached burial ground.

At Cartmel in 1652, George Fox, the founder, spoke in the "steeple house" after the sermon, it being an established right at that time for anyone to speak at the end of the service. He was reportedly thrown against a headstone in the graveyard, but escaped.

Reference Books:
And sometime upon the Hills by Donald Rooksby
Quaker Meeting Houses by D M Butler

Links
Streetmap (visit link)

Web Address: [Web Link] Physical Address: Cartmel Quaker Meeting House, Haggs Lane Cartmel, Cumbria UK LA11 6HD Hours of Worship: 10:45 AM Year Built: 1859 Still in Use?: yes

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