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Briggflatts Meeting House

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Briggflatts Meeting House — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-north-west, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h
  • Family-friendly
  • Limited wheelchair access

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Briggflatts Meeting House is a Grade I-listed building in england-north-west, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.

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From the Wikipedia article

Brigflatts Meeting House or Briggflatts Meeting House is a Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), near Sedbergh, Cumbria, in north-western England. Built in 1675, it is the second oldest Friends Meeting House in England. It has been listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England since March 1954. It is the subject of a twelve-line poem titled "At Briggflatts meetinghouse" by British modernist poet Basil Bunting. Bunting's poem was written in 1975 for the 300th anniversary of the meeting house's construction. Throughout its history, the spelling has varied from Brigflatts, Brigflats, Briggflats, or Briggflatts, for both the village and the Quaker Meeting. Currently, the Quaker Meeting uses the spelling "Brigflatts". The variant spelling with two g's and two t's was used by Bunting for his two poems, "At Briggflatts Meetinghouse" (1975) and the earlier autobiographical long poem Briggflatts (1965). The Meeting House "Howgills" in Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire is based on Brigflatts.

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Coordinates
54.3147, -2.5535
Parish
Sedbergh
Postcode
LA10 5HN
Parliamentary constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Established
1675

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Briggflatts Meeting House?
Briggflatts Meeting House is in North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode LA10 5HN), in the parish of Sedbergh.
Is Briggflatts Meeting House a listed building?
Briggflatts Meeting House is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
How do I get to Briggflatts Meeting House?
Drivers can navigate to postcode LA10 5HN. It sits within the Morecambe and Lunesdale parliamentary constituency.