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Nailsworth Quaker Meeting House
Quakers Close, Chestnut Hill, Nailsworth, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL6 0RA
Saturday 7 Sep 2024
Sat 7 Sep:0900-1700; Free Entry.
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Nailsworth Quaker Meeting House
Heritage Open Day: Historic Quaker Meeting House In Nailsworth, Gloucestershire open to visitors The Quaker Meeting House on Chestnut Hill in Nailsworth, Stroud, Gloucestershire is listed Grade II .
It has been used as place of worship by Quakers - the Religious Society of Friends - since 1680.
Thought to have been originally a barn, it was repurposed and has been adapted over the years refelcting its history. The main Meeting Room still retains its wooden panelling and and also the elders benches on a raised dais, although these are no longer in use. In the upstairs room and landing, which has limited access, historical graffiti can be seen cut into the stone cills.
George Fox, founder of the Quaker movement, visited Nailsworth twice, and a meeting was active as early as 1655.
It has been used as place of worship by Quakers - the Religious Society of Friends - since 1680.
Thought to have been originally a barn, it was repurposed and has been adapted over the years refelcting its history. The main Meeting Room still retains its wooden panelling and and also the elders benches on a raised dais, although these are no longer in use. In the upstairs room and landing, which has limited access, historical graffiti can be seen cut into the stone cills.
George Fox, founder of the Quaker movement, visited Nailsworth twice, and a meeting was active as early as 1655.