Settle Quaker Meeting House

The Settle Quaker Meeting House is a historic building in Settle, North Yorkshire, a town in England.

Quakers began meeting in Settle in the 1650s, from 1661 at Howson's Croft, possible in a barn. In 1678, they built a dedicated meeting house and stable, at a cost of £80. Between 1729 and 1732, the roof was raised, enabling the insertion of a gallery, initially used as a women's meeting room. The interior was rearranged in about 1800. In the 1860s, an extension was constructed to the rear of the meeting house, serving initially as a schoolroom, but in 1872 a separate school was built, and it served as a library and reading room. A kitchen and toilet were added in 1927, and this enabled the building to be used by evacuees during World War II. In 2004, the kitchen was demolished and a new extension was constructed, while the floor of the rear extension was lowered.[1] The building has been grade II* listed since 1988.[2]

The meeting house is built of stone with sandstone dressings, a string course, and slate roofs. It has two storeys, and a later single-storey extension. On the right is a gabled porch containing a doorway with a cambered timber lintel. The windows are a mix of casements and sashes. Inside, there is a large meeting room with a plain panelled dado, a north gallery reached by a staircase from the west wing, and an Elder's stand to the south. It contains 19th-century furniture.[2][3]

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References

  1. ^ "Friends Meeting House, Settle" (PDF). Quaker Meeting Houses Heritage Project. Quakers in Britain. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b Historic England. "Settle Quaker Meeting House, Settle (1166732)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  3. ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.
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