Keld United Reformed Church

Keld United Reformed Church is a historic building in Keld, North Yorkshire, a village in England.

John Leland recorded a chapel in Keld in 1540. It was disused by 1695, when it was walled up, and was in ruins by 1706. In 1789, the congregationalist Edward Stillman resolved to build a new church on the site, which was enlarged in about 1820. In 1861, the chapel was rebuilt and enlarged, at a cost of £306 10s. The chapel joined the Congregational Union of England and Wales, which later became part of the United Reformed Church. The building was grade II listed in 1986.[1][2][3] In 2009, the Keld Resource Centre converted the attached manse into holiday accommodation.[4]

The chapel and manse are built of stone, with rusticated quoins, and a stone slate roof with stone copings. The chapel to the right has a single storey, and contains two round-arched sash windows. In the centre is a two-storey gabled porch with a round-arched gabled bellcote. The porch contains a round-arched doorway with a quoined surround, voussoirs and a moulded arris, above which is a sundial. Over this is a round-arched opening with a keystone, containing a window and an inscribed and dated panel. The manse has two storeys and two bays, and contains a round-arched doorway with a keystone and sash windows. In front, there is a low wall with saddleback coping and wrought iron railings. The gate piers to the manse have pointed caps, and those to the chapel have pyramidal caps. Inside the chapel is a west gallery, a recess with a reading desk, a carved minister's seat, a decorative case iron dais and two memorial slabs, one to Stillman.[3][5]

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  1. ^ Peel, David (March 2014). "Keld: From ruins to wifi". Reform Magazine. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. ^ Miall, James G. (1868). Congregationalism in Yorkshire. John Snow.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "United Reform Church and former Manse, with railings, Muker (1179198)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Resilient adaptation of churches: the Keld Resource centre, Yorkshire Dales National Park". Heritage Counts. Historic England. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  5. ^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.
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