Information for record number MWA2430:
Friends' Meeting House, Atherstone, North Warwickshire

Summary The site of a former Society of Friends' Quaker Meeting House of Post Medieval date which was situated on Long Street, Atherstone.
What Is It?  
Type: Friends Meeting House, Workshop, House
Period: Imperial - Modern (1729 AD - 2007 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Atherstone
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 97
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Friends' Meeting House. Built by Nathaniel Newton the younger c1729. Extended in the early 19th century, closed in 1846 and has since been used as a workshop. Brick with a tiled roof.
2 Prior to conversion from a workshop to residential use, a building survey took place. This showed that much of the original fabric of the original chapel survives despite the use as a workshop. The original building appears to have been a single story open plan hall, various alteration have taken place over time inluding inserting a first floor boarding up windows, adding windows and doors, partitioning the hall into three rooms and adding a brock fireplace. The building survey report also reports that the development site had been left in trust in 1724 for the construction of a Quaker chapel.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Building Survey
Title: An Historic Building Survey of 178 Long Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Gavin Speed
Date: 2007
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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 Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. 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 FLOOR * A layer of stone, brick or boards, etc, on which people tread. Use broader site 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 WORKSHOP * A building or room used for small scale manufacture. Use more specific term where possible. back
monument NONCONFORMIST CHAPEL * A place of worship for members of Protestant sects dissenting from the established Church. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back

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