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| Peaceful interior Jordans Meeting House |
Society of Friends Meeting House in Jordans
Now for something completely different and it is located on
the doorstep.
‘Jordans is the Quaker Westminster Abbey*.’ James II’s
Declaration of Indulgence 1687 meant Charles Fox and chums could get to work,
laying the foundations of the Meeting House we see today.
The warm red brick exterior is unchanged.
Inside a calmness that is impermeable to anything but a silent peace. This is a place of worship that is stripped of all distraction and temptation to eulogise or bumble. Plain walls of white with wood panelling and simple furniture that has witnessed much listening and prayer.
*Quoted from Simon Jenkins' England's Thousand Best Churches 1999
Inside a calmness that is impermeable to anything but a silent peace. This is a place of worship that is stripped of all distraction and temptation to eulogise or bumble. Plain walls of white with wood panelling and simple furniture that has witnessed much listening and prayer.
*Quoted from Simon Jenkins' England's Thousand Best Churches 1999
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