Quakers Friars


Quakers Friars is a historic building in Broadmead, Bristol, England.
The site is the remains of a Dominican friary, Blackfriars that was established by Maurice de Gaunt, c. 1227.
Llywelyn ap Dafydd the eldest son and heir of Dafydd ap Gruffudd was buried here in 1287. He had died while imprisoned at nearby Bristol Castle where he had been confined since 1283.
The friends meeting house was built in 1747-49 by George Tully, with detailing by Thomas Paty, as a Quaker meeting house and was recently used as a register office. It has been renovated as part of the Cabot Circus development, and now houses a Brasserie Blanc. It has been designated by Historic England as a grade I listed building.
William Penn was married, 1696, in an earlier building on the site.
It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.