Osmotherley Friends Meeting House is a Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), situated in the village of Osmotherley in North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
The meeting house is a traditional stone building, built in around 1723, it is owned and maintained by Teesdale & Cleveland Area Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is still used regularly as a place of worship. Meeting for worship is held on the third Sunday of each month at 1500 hours GMT and all are welcome.
The Meeting House and a separate dormitory block are available for letting to organised groups and families, both Quaker and non-Quaker, and can sleep up to 25.
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