Post Street c.1905, Rose and Crown (r)

Quaker Meeting House, Rose and Crown, 48 Post Street, Godmanchester

History of Quaker Meeting House

Listed Building

Quaker Meeting House comprising a late C18 building fronting the street and behind it an earlier, possibly C17, rear block, and the rear part of the wing, possibly of C19 date. …

In 1672, the Huntingdon meeting acquired a burial ground on which they built a meeting house in around 1685. The meeting lapsed in 1860 and was only used for meetings again in the early C20 until it was demolished in 1931.

In 1968-1969, the Rose and Crown public house in Godmanchester was bought for £3200. It comprised a late C18 building fronting the street and behind it an earlier, possibly C17, rear building as well as a further C19 rear wing.