One family unbroken
The old Meeting house at Ackworth School in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, has undergone a major renovation. Year 10 pupil Jacob Sowter describes its history and work on the renovation and fellow students Isabel Parkinson and Lizzie Upson reflect on what the
In 1847, nearly seventy years after the founding of Ackworth School, the Meeting house was built in accordance with the mid-eighteenth century Palladian style of the rest of the school. It is made of local sandstone and has a simple slate roof. This is held up by large wooden trusses. The building is composed of two floors with large windows lining the wall. All seats in the Meeting house face the speaker in the centre.
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