ENN108659 - Friends Meeting House, Wellington Street, 2016 (Building survey)

{1} A meeting house of 1830, replacing an earlier meeting house on a different site in the town. The meeting house is attached to a burial ground which also replaced a detached burial ground elsewhere in Northampton. The western half of the interior has been altered, with a new upper floor in part, but the main meeting room still preserves something of its original character. The site as a whole is of high heritage significance. Evidential value: The building was apparently built on a greenfield site, the altered interior may retain elements of the original arrangements and the building is of medium evidential value. Historical value: A reasonably well-preserved example of a substantial early nineteenth century meeting house, which is of high historical value. Aesthetic value: The red brick exterior of the building is attractive and the interior of the surviving meeting room still preserves something of its original character. The building is of high aesthetic value. Communal value: The meeting house has been used continuously by Quakers since its opening in 1830 and more recently by other community groups. The building has high communal value.