NHER 46943 (Building record) - Former early 18th century public house now Friends' Meeting House, 38 Bridge Street

June 1972. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Public House, now Religious meeting rooms and domestic quarters. Early 18th century, altered late 18th century, altered and restored in 1967. Brick, rendered and colourwashed. Plaintile roofs. Two storeys and attic, two ranges. South range with double-leaf glazed public house door to right under a hood on consoles."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
See also (S2).
P. Aldridge (NLA), 11 September 2006. Amended by J. Cullis (HES), 10 March 2020.

May 2009. Building Survey.
Historic building recording.
The hard render was recently removed from two façades facing the street revealing early brickwork. The brick used in the construction appears to have been reused as indicated by irregular coursing and incorporation of broken bricks and bricks of different sizes. The main block is likely to date to the second half of the 16th century or early 17th century and it seems probable that the stone and medieval brick was robbed from the site of the dissolved friary to the south. The northern addition is mainly constructed from regular sized 19th century brick. The inclusion of reused medieval brick for the lowest courses, with later brick above, suggests that the early brickwork was part of a different structure - possibly a boundary wall later used to form part of the extension.
See report (S3) for further details.
S. Howard (NLA), 10 September 2010

See also brief report by The Architectural History Practice Ltd (S4).
P. Watkins (HES), 22 July 2024.