Information for record number MWA2448:
Friends' Meeting House, Hartshill Green

Summary A Society of Friends' Meeting House, which was originally built in the Post Medieval period. It was later converted into a House. It is situated at Hartshill Green.
What Is It?  
Type: Friends Meeting House, House
Period: Modern (1740 AD - 1972 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Hartshill
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 32 94
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Built 1740 to replace a meeting house of 1720 which had been destroyed by rioters; a new meeting house was erected nearby c1972 and the former building has been converted into a house. Before alteration it had exposed brick walls (11.3m by 5m externally) with a gabled front. Two roof-trusses with king-posts and braces were removed during conversion.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Monograph
Title: Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses: Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Warwickshire
Author/originator: C F Stell
Date: 1986
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE * A place of worship for members of the Religious Society of Friends, often known as Quakers. The Religious Society of Friends is a denomination founded by George Fox in c.1650 who believed in passivist principles and a rejection of the sacrament. back
monument NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL * A place of worship for members of Protestant sects dissenting from the established Church. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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