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Briggflatts Meeting House, Quaker meeting house in Sedbergh, United Kingdom

The stone building features lime-washed walls, wooden interior elements including panels, columns, and a balustrade within a garden setting near open fields.

George Fox, who founded the Quaker movement, organized a permanent meeting at this location in 1652, leading to the construction of the building in 1675.

The structure became the subject of British modernist poet Basil Bunting's twelve-line poem written in 1975 to mark its 300th anniversary.

Visitors can join local Friends for worship services every Sunday morning at 10:30, with the building receiving over 2,000 people annually.

The land for this Grade I listed building, the second oldest Friends Meeting House in England, was purchased for just ten shillings in the 17th century.

Location: Sedbergh

Inception: 1675

GPS coordinates: 54.31470,-2.55354

Latest update: March 8, 2025 07:41

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