The cottage
now known as the Meeting House Cottage, at 5 Langley Lane, is two centuries
older than the meeting house itself. It is a two-storey timber-framed cottage
built in the late 15th century. Robert Robinson owned it and the adjacent land
in the late 17th century; he passed the cottage, his blacksmith workshop and
all the surrounding land to the local Quaker community in 1674. As a result,
the meeting house was built on to its eastern side. A red-brick facing was applied
to the south face in the 18th century, and the west side is partly brick-faced
and partly tiled. The roof is also tiled, and held up inside by crown posts.
English Heritage classified the cottage, which is still used by the warden of
the meeting house, as a Grade II* listed structure on 23 February 1983.
All photos by Ian Mulcahy. E-mail crawleyoldtown@gmail.com
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