Inventory Site Record

The Friends Meeting House was built in 1954-5, a yellow brick building designed by Hubert Lidbetter. It replaced the C18th Friends Meeting House that had been destroyed by a flying bomb in WWII, the burial ground of which is the walled garden in Furnival Gardens. Separated from the Great West Road by a high brick wall, the Meeting House has an area of trees and shrubs in front of the building and a paved area with perennial planting. Behind the building is an area of grass and shrubs. In Cromwell Lane, running north from the back of the Meeting House are mature trees and numerous daffodils have been planted in the raised bed along the middle of the road, and a strip of undeveloped land at the top of the road that has been grassed over and railed off.

Site location:

20 Nigel Playfair Avenue

Postcode:

W6 9JY

What 3 Words:

clean.posts.pines

Type of site:

Private Garden

Borough:

Hammersmith & Fulham

Open to public?

Partially

Opening times:

accessible when Meeting House is in use, and visible from the road

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Events:

Public transport:

Tube: Ravenscourt Park (District). Bus: 27, 190, 267, 391, H91

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Research updated:

01/07/2011

Last minor changes:

19/07/2023

Please check with the site owner or manager for latest news. www.hammersmithmeeting.com

Status of this site to be confirmed. It is in an area identified by LBHF for redevelopment; a replacement site has been offered at 30-32 Bradmore Park Road.

Sources consulted:

H W Cundy, 'Hammersmith Quakers’ Tercentenary' (1977) Hammersmith Preparative Meeting

Grid ref:

TQ226784 (522610,178430)

Size in hectares:

Site ownership:

Six Weeks Meeting

Site management:

Six Weeks Meeting

Date(s):

1954-5

Designer(s):

Hubert Lidbetter

Listed structures:

None

On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens:

No

Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:

No

Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931:

No

Local Authority Data

The information below is taken from the relevant Local Authority's planning legislation, which was correct at the time of research but may have been amended in the interim. Please check with the Local Authority for latest planning information.

On Local List:

No

In Conservation Area:

No

Tree Preservation Order:

No

Nature Conservation Area:

No

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

No

Other LA designation:

None