Crawshawbooth Quaker Meeting House
13 Co-Operation Street, Crawshawbooth, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 8AG
We are an active worshipping community of Friends situated in a small village of east Lancashire in the Limey Valley of Rossendale. We recently had the stable underneath the cottage converted to have an accessible toilet for wheelchair users and baby change facilities and a new kitchen replaces the previous site in the small Meeting room also, giving more space there. The original Meeting House has low beamed ceilings built in 1716 and the main Meeting room was added later in 1736 by creating a wooden partition below the gallery above which is our library and reading room. It's architecture and vernacular appearance plays an important part in our heritage and an important part for early Friends in the northwest of England and there is also a Burial ground dated 1663 at Chapel Hill above Rawtenstall. The garden at the Meeting House offers a place of peace and tranquility.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 14 September:
- 9.00 - 16.30
- Sunday 15 September:
- 12.00 -16.30
Location & directions
13 Co-Operation Street, Crawshawbooth, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 8AG
- Directions:
- Right hand corner of Co-operation Street opposite the Masons Arms pub.
- Contact on day:
- Hilary Whitehead
- Telephone number:
- +447723473168
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
Due to the age of the building construction, the doorway to the original Meeting room is smaller with a lower ceiling and also the back entrance to the refurbished stable. Accessible toilet through original stable door underneath cottage.
Additional information
Volunteers available to speak about the history.
- Max no of people per tour:
- 10
