---
title: "Bath Quaker Meeting House"
description: "Located in Bath, Somerset. Built 1817–19 as a Masonic Hall; Quaker meeting house from 1866; sold 2020. Grade II. Greek Revival style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Quaker (Religious Society of Friends)","Somerset","Quaker","Bath","Grade II","Greek Revival","William Wilkins"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/bath-bath-quaker-meeting-house"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:16:07.308Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:30:15.683Z"
location: "Bath, Somerset"
country: "England"
county: "Somerset"
town: "Bath"
address: "Bath Quaker Meeting House, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1NG"
postcode: "BA1 1NG"
built: "1817–19 as a Masonic Hall; Quaker meeting house from 1866; sold 2020"
architect: "William Wilkins"
denomination: "Quaker (Religious Society of Friends)"
grade: "II"
style: "Greek Revival"
materials: "Limestone ashlar facade; stone-lined vaults"
website: "https://bathquakers.org/"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395817"
gridReference: "ST 751 647"
accessNotes: "The York Street building is no longer used for Quaker worship; it opened as a bookshop in 2021. Bath Quakers meet elsewhere in the city."
---

# Bath Quaker Meeting House

The former Friends Meeting House on York Street, Bath, is a Grade II Greek Revival building by William Wilkins, opened as a Masonic Hall on 23 September 1819. Historic England lists it for the correct Greek facade and the top-lit Great Room. Bath Quakers bought the building in 1866 and sold it in 2020.

## Overview

Wilkins (1778–1839), architect of the National Gallery, designed a porticoed front with a pediment (later dated 1842 when the building became Bethesda Chapel) and originally blind side walls, the interior lit only by roof lanterns or cupolas. The Freemasons left in the 1820s; the hall then served as an assembly room, a nonconformist chapel and, from 1842, Bethesda Chapel. Quakers used it from 1866 until they left in April 2019.

The listing notes seven stone-lined, round-arched vaults under the road to the north and a group value with the Greek Revival terrace opposite. Topping and Company opened a bookshop here in October 2021. Bath Friends now meet at a central Baptist church; their history is published at bathquakers.org.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1395817](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1395817)
- [British Listed Buildings: Friends Meeting House](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101395817-friends-meeting-house-ward)
- [Bath Quakers: History](https://bathquakers.org/about/)