Bethel Chapel, Staithes

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Bethel Chapel in 2013

The Bethel Chapel is a former Congregational church in Staithes, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

A congregational chapel in Staithes opened in 1823, the first place of worship in the village.[1] It was able to seat 400 worshippers.[2] The building was altered in 1835.[3] In 1965, the church withdrew from the Congregational Union of England and Wales, and thereafter lacked a resident minister. It closed in the 1980s,[1] and was converted into holiday accommodation.[4] The building has been grade II listed since 1973.[5]

The church is built of sandstone on a plinth, with a hipped Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys at the front and four at the rear, and three bays. In the centre is a round-arched doorway with a fanlight and a hood mould, and to the left is a flat-headed doorway with an oblong fanlight. The windows are round-arched with impost blocks. Above the central doorway is a plaque inscribed "BETHEL" in Egyptian relief carving. At the rear is a small outhouse and cast iron area railings.[5][3]

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References

  1. Bruce, Steve (2011). Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191612183.
  2. "Religious Intelligence". The Evangelical Magazine. November 1823.
  3. 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.
  4. Armstrong, Kathryn (23 September 2022). "A chapel to love in Staithes". Yorkshire Life. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  5. Historic England. "Former Bethel Congregational Church (1179226)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

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