Historic houses · South East England
Ifield Friends Meeting House
Ifield Friends Meeting House — a Grade I-listed historic house in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Robin Webster — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Ifield Friends Meeting House is a Grade I-listed building in england-south-east, 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 Ifield Friends Meeting House is a Friends meeting house (Quaker place of worship) in the Ifield neighbourhood of Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. Built in 1676 and used continuously since then by the Quaker community for worship, it is one of the oldest purpose-built Friends meeting houses in the world. It is classified by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, a status given to buildings of "exceptional interest" and national importance. An adjoining 15th-century cottage is listed separately at Grade II*, and a mounting block in front of the buildings also has a separate listing at Grade II. Together, these structures represent three of the 100 listed buildings and structures in Crawley.
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Background
History
The Ifield area has a long history of Protestant Nonconformism and Dissent. As early as 1655, George Fox—one of the founders of the Religious Society of Friends—and a Quaker preacher, Alexander Parker, held meetings and preached at a private house in the village. Meetings became more regular in the next two decades, but were still held in parishioners' houses. Some would have been Presbyterians, Unitarians or Baptists, for example, but most were Quakers. Meetings for Quaker women in the parish were started the previous year. In 1676, land and money bequeathed by a local blacksmith, Robert Robinson, was used to build a dedicated, purpose-built meeting house for the community. It has been…
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- Coordinates
- 51.1267, -0.2117
- County
- West Sussex
- District
- Crawley
- Parish
- Crawley, unparished area
- Postcode
- RH11 0NB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Crawley
- Established
- 1676
- Official site
- www.crawleyhindu.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q5991190 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ifield Friends Meeting House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ifield Friends Meeting House?
- Ifield Friends Meeting House is in West Sussex, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode RH11 0NB), in the parish of Crawley, unparished area.
- Is Ifield Friends Meeting House a listed building?
- Ifield Friends Meeting House is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- How do I get to Ifield Friends Meeting House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode RH11 0NB. It sits within the Crawley parliamentary constituency.