PHOTO BULL STREET FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE BIRMINGHAM THE QUAKER MEETING HOUSE AT

Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO BULL STREET FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE BIRMINGHAM THE QUAKER MEETING HOUSE AT BULL STREET IS A RED BRICK BUILDING SET BACK FROM THE ROAD IN A COURTYARD. A QUAKER PLACE OF WORSHIP HAS STOOD HERE SINCE 1703. THE PRESENT BUILDING DATES FROM 1933 AND WAS DESIGNED BY HUBERT LIDBETTER A QUAKER ARCHITECT WHOSE WORK INCLUDES FRIENDS' HOUSE THE QUAKER HEADQUARTERS IN LONDON OPPOSITE EUSTON STATION. THE STYLE HE USED HERE IS AUSTERE NEO-GEORGIAN AN 18TH CENTURY CLASSICAL STYLE BUT PARED DOWN IN KEEPING WITH THE QUAKER EMPHASIS ON PLAINNESS OR SIMPLICITY. HIS DESIGN IS CUBE SHAPED AND HAD TWO STOREYS; A THIRD STOREY WAS ADDED LATER TO HOUSE A WARDEN. THE BUILDING AND ITS HISTORY ARE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL HERE .JUST VISIBLE TO THE LEFT OF THE MEETING HOUSE ARE THE PRIORY ROOMS BUILT IN 2002. THE SHOP FRONT IN THE LEFT FOREGROUND OF THE PHOTO IS A QUAKER 'PEACE HUB'. 2021 COPYRIGHT ALAN PAXTON PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO APVV_2189 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is copyright Alan Paxton obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License Details of licence available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

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Type: Photographs

Theme: Topographical

Sub-Theme: England

Number of Items: Single

Period: 1945 - Present

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