Builder at work. Photo: Courtesy Thirsk Meeting.
Built to scale: Geof Sewell on renovations at Thirsk
‘The job has just been completed.’
Covid was a terrible shock to Meetings like ours, in small market towns with old buildings and an aging demographic. Our Meeting house needed serious building work, and we moved to a nearby centre for wellbeing and spirituality for so long that local people assumed we had closed. Just over a year ago, Thirsk Meeting appealed for funds. Our Grade 2-listed cottage was cold and damp; the kitchen was in a poor state; the stairs were too steep; and the windows needed specialist work. The nineteenth-century toilet extension had to be demolished. After six months of building work, we were able to return to our much-loved building in June. The job has just been completed, and we would like to thank all Friends who contributed so generously.
