EDO6125 - Friends Meeting House, Shaftesbury; historic building survey 2016

A small meeting house converted in 1980 from a former outbuilding, probably of mid-nineteenth-century date, and enlarged in 2004 by the addition of a cross-wing. The original building has been very much altered and the whole is of low heritage significance. Evidential value: Both the original date and function of the original modest structure are presently unclear. Despite the extensive refurbishment, it is possible that the surviving fabric may contain some information on these matters and the building is of medium evidential value. Historical value: The present meeting house building is of little historical value Aesthetic value: The meeting house is a pleasant but modest functional structure of little aesthetic value. Communal value: The meeting house is well-used by Quakers and by other local groups and the building has high communal value. Information from OASIS Online Form.