Survey Data

Reg No

22303051


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Social


Previous Name

Roscrea Religious Society of Friends' Meeting House


Original Use

Meeting house


In Use As

Meeting house


Date

1770 - 1775


Coordinates

213578, 189269


Date Recorded

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Date Updated

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Description

Detached three-bay single-storey former Quaker meetinghouse, built 1773, with later addition to rear. Now used for storage. Pitched slate roof. Rendered walls with slate hanging to south gable. Square-headed fixed timber windows to south elevation, one partly blocked to make doorway. North elevation largely replaced by folding doors accessing addition. Segmental-headed entrance opening in later lobby addition to east.

Appraisal

This is a rare surviving example in the region of a Quaker meetinghouse. Its hidden location and simple form reflect the ethos of the congregation. The tall windows are typical of a religious structure and the unusual slate-hung gable adds visual and architectural interest.