Historic houses · South West England
Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good
Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good is a Grade I-listed building in england-south-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
The Friends Meeting House is a meeting house of the Society of Friends (Quakers), in the hamlet of Come-to-Good on the southern border of the parish of Kea, near Truro in Cornwall. It was also known as Kea Meeting House and Feock Meeting House. It is a simple thatched structure built of cob and whitewashed outside and in. It was completed in 1710 and is still in use today.
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Background
History
George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers, came to Cornwall in 1656. He was arrested several times for blasphemy because his ideas were at odds with mainstream Christianity at the time. However people wanted to hear what he had to say and a group met regularly from 1680. They wanted a simple place in which to meet, and built a cob-and-thatch meeting house.
Description
Emma Roberts, a Welsh speaking Quaker from Swansea, south Wales, visited in May 2026, and proposed a new theory. The Welsh phrase "Cwm Ty Cwrdd", meaning Meeting House Valley, would be spoken by an English speaker as something like Come to Good. On her Youtube channel Quakerology she has posted some explanations of the name. https://youtube.com/shorts/gHcrJDQIsFU?feature=share In a longer video, Emma Roberts explains that Peter Pool's Introduction to Cornish Place names shows that the usage of "Ty" for house (rather than Chy) in older styles of Kernowek was established.[3] "Cwm" is a very specific, steep sided type of valley, as compared to dale or vale or glen. Other words for valley are…
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- Coordinates
- 50.2224, -5.0676
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- Kea
- Postcode
- TR3 6QS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Truro and Falmouth
- Established
- 1710
Sources
- wikidata: Q5504185 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good?
- Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR3 6QS), in the parish of Kea.
- When was Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good built?
- Built or established in 1710.
- Who owns Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good?
- Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good is owned by | designation1 = Grade I.
- Is Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good a listed building?
- Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- How do I get to Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TR3 6QS. It sits within the Truro and Falmouth parliamentary constituency.