| Description | At the end of the 1920s, Lewis's Limited, the department store located adjacent to Bull Street Meeting House, proposed to expand its premises. This was to involve purchasing a portion of land at the south east end of Bull Street Meeting House belonging to Friends. After considering the proposal with members of Bull Street and George Road Preparative Meetings, Warwickshire North Monthly Meeting and Monthly Meeting Trustees, it was decided to accept the offer on the condition that Lewis's Limited exchanged a piece of land double the size of that which they were purchasing facing onto Upper Priory, windows would not be placed on the side of their premises adjoining Friends' property and they would pay a sum of £25,000 to Friends as well as all the costs incurred. These proposals necessitated the pulling down of the existing meeting house built in 1857 and the construction of a new one in a different position. Warwickshire North Monthly Meeting asked Trustees to submit the completed agreement to Bull Street and George Road Preparative Meetings. A committee made up of members of Bull Street Meeting House Committee and Monthly Meeting Trustees was appointed to undertake the negotiations. |