An attractive design of the 1950s, combining neo-Georgian and Arts and Crafts elements, located close to the historic core of the city, and on part of the site of the medieval Blackfriars. The building is of medium significance, the site is of high significance. Evidential value: The building is of post-war date. It retains some reset headstones from the former burial ground. It is relatively unaltered and is of medium evidential value. Historical value: Quaker observance in Canterbury goes back to the late seventeenth century, but the present building is of post-war date. The meeting house is of medium historical value, representing one strand in the story of the post-war reconstruction of Canterbury. The site is of high historical value. Aesthetic value: The building is an attractive and little-altered design by J. L. Denman, combining neo-Georgian and Arts and Crafts elements. It is set back from the lane behind a well-maintained garden, with the River Stour running alongside. The building and site are of high aesthetic value. Communal value: The building and site are of high communal value for their Quaker witness, for their contribution to the local townscape, and for the facilities they offer.(1)

<1> Architectural History Practice, 2015, Friends Meeting House, Canterbury, Historic Building Record (Unpublished document). SKE54894.