Friends Meeting House, Come-to-Good
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Friends meeting house
A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends , where meeting for worship may be held.-History:Quakers do not believe that meeting for worship should take place in any special place. They believe that "where two or three meet together in my name, I am there among...
, Come-to-Good
Come-to-Good
Come-to-Good is a small settlement in Cornwall, United Kingdom.It consists of a farm, seven residential houses and a Quaker Meeting House, built in 1710. It lies on the Tregye Road between Carnon Downs and King Harry Ferry...
, is a meeting house of the Society of Friends, on the southern border of the Parish of Kea
Kea, Cornwall
Kea is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a "large straggling parish" in a former mining area south of Truro.Kea village is situated just over one mile southwest of Truro....
, near Truro
Truro
Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...
in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It was also known as Kea Meeting House and Feock Meeting House.
It is a Grade I Listed building. From 30 May 1967 until 14 April 1999, it was Grade II*.
The building is in cob, on a stone rubble base and was completed in 1710. A single storey extension for an entrance lobby, kitchen and lavatories was built in 1967. Both the main building and the lobby are thatched. There was a major restoration and re-thatching in 2010.
There is a burial ground but only five headstones, all belonging to members of the Magor family, who died in the nineteenth century. It is the burial place of Catherine Payton Phillips
Catherine Payton Phillips
Catherine Phillips, born Payton was a Quaker Minister, who travelled in England, Wales, Scotland, Holland and the American colonies...
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