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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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.
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.