Stebbing Memorial Club (EHER 36625)
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Summary
Former Friends Meeting house of about 1674. Repaired in 1818, it was leased in 1920 and subsequently used as a village hall. Hipped red plain tile roof. Red brick in Flemish bond, with hipped end to road. Diapering and ornamental patterning in black header bricks. Central red brick band, returning above windows in flank walls.
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Location
| Grid reference | TL 6620 2415 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STEBBING, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
NRHE data transfer:
County Library and Recreation Room, Stebbing, formerly the Friends Meeting House, was built on a rectangular plan in Flemish bond with hipped and tiled roof in 1674. The east doorway has a panel above it with the date 1674. <1>
Stebbing Memorial Club formerly listed as County Library and recreation Room. Memorial Hall about 1674. RCHM 2. Grade II*. <2>
Friends' Meeting House, 240 yards north-west of the church. The walls are of brick in Flemish bond, and the roof is tiled. The structure was built in 1674, and is of plain rectangular plan, with an 18th century portico at the east end. The walls have a plain plinth and band-course; the roof is hipped. The windows, two in the north wall and east wall, and one in the south wall and west wall, have segmental heads and wooden frames. In the middle of which has an impost and key-blocks; the head of the arch is filled in with a plain square head, and, above it, a panel with the date 1674. <3>
Documented. <4>
Sources
- <1> SEX76734 LIST: Ministry of Housing and Local Government Lists. 1952. Dunmow Rural District. p.66.
- <2> SEX4651 DESC TEXT: Department of the Environment. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Uttlesford. p.105.
- <3> SEX701 Monograph: RCHME. 1916. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume I, North-West. p.282-283.
- <4> SEX75745 Bibliographic reference: Stell, C.. 2002. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Eastern England. p.63.
Other References
- NRHE identifier: 376452
- National Monuments Record: TL 62 SE 31