- Quakers Friars
Infobox Historic building
caption=Quakers Friars
name=Quakers Friars
location_town=Bristol
location_country=England
latitude=51.457651
longitude=-2.587900
map_type=Bristol
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construction_start_date=1747
completion_date=1749
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size=Quakers Friars (gbmapping|ST592733) is a historic building in
Broadmead ,Bristol ,England .The site is the remains of a Dominican friary that dates from 1230. [cite book |last=Burrough |first=THB |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Bristol |year=1970 |publisher=Studio Vista |location=London |isbn=0289798043 ]
The friends meeting house was built in 1747-49 by
George Tully , with detailing byThomas Paty , as aQuaker meeting house and was recently used as aregister office . It is being renovated and is set to house a Brasserie Blanc as part of theCabot Circus development. It has been designated byEnglish Heritage as a grade Ilisted building . [cite web | title=Quaker meeting house, now registry office | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=380238 | accessdate=2007-03-16]William Penn was married, 1696, in an earlier building on the site.cite book |last=Brace |first=Keith |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Portrait of Bristol |year=1996 |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |isbn=0709154356 ]It is a
Scheduled Ancient Monument . [cite web | title= Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Bristol | publisher=Bristol City Council | url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=1157007 | format= PDF | accessdate=2007-05-07]References
ee also
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Grade I listed buildings in Bristol
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