Friends Meeting House, Stockport

We were appointed as lead architects in the design and delivery of a brand new Meeting House for the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Stockport.

The new building has been designed by BTP to provide a modern and sustainable centre to the Quakers and local community groups, a project that took 10 months from start to completion.

Located in Longshut Lane area of Stockport, the previous meeting house was a considerably old, prefabricated structure that was hidden from the road, inaccessible, damp and drafty and in urgent need of renovation.   A decision was therefore made to demolish the building. In Feb 2012 BTP had their first meeting with the Quakers to discuss the possibility of constructing a purpose built meeting house on the same site fit for the modern day needs of the organisation.  Two years later following design meetings and fund raising by the Quakers construction began.

BTP’s design objective was to create a building that was a focal point for the area, ensuring it was clearly visible from the road and incorporating the Quaker’s vision of a meeting house, which is primarily a welcoming place of worship, but which is also available for a wide variety of community groups to hire.