meeting house — Strand Street Great

Terraced six-bay four-storey Quaker meetinghouse, over concealed basement, built, c.1868, with three-storey addition to rear (north) having single-storey extension, probably former chapel area. Entire building now in use as offices. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, having red brick chimneystack to north elevation. Cast-iron rainwater goods to west and east of south elevation. Lean-to slate roof to northern addition with flat roof to single-storey extension. Rendered and painted walls to south elevation, having four-bay central projecting breakfront and low granite plinth wall. Eaves overhang supported by moulded timber brackets. Steel wall support to third, second and ground floors of westernmost bay. Continuous granite sill course to first floor. Side elevations and three-storey addition having rubble walls drawn to courses, with roughcast render to northern wall of addition. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond to single-storey extension. Square-headed window openings to third floor having patent render reveals, granite sills and top-hung timber casement windows. Round-headed window openings to second floor, having patent rendered reveals, granite sills supported by four corbels and three-part top-hung timber casement windows. Camber-headed window openings to first floor having painted render chamfered reveals and three-part top-hung timber casement windows. Two square-headed door openings to ground floor having modern rolled shuttering. Square-headed clerestorey roof lights set in roof of northern addition, gabled to east and west. Double-height round-headed window openings to north elevation having recent window fittings.