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Keld Chapel, Keld
Keld Chapel
locality:-   Keld
civil parish:-   Shap (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   church
locality type:-   chapel
coordinates:-   NY55371451
1Km square:-   NY5514
10Km square:-   NY51


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BJQ42.jpg (taken 22.7.2005)  
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BJQ43.jpg (taken 22.7.2005)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Keld Chapel
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"KELD CHAPEL / / / SHAP / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 489830 /"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Chapel. Late C16, used as a dwelling between late C17 and C19, repaired and restored to use as a place of worship early C20. Coursed rubble limestone with limestone dressings , single ridge chimney and a Westmorland slate roof covering, laid to diminishing courses."
"PLAN: Simple 2-cell plan, the result of domestic conversion, and aligned north-east / south-west ."
"EXTERIOR: North-east gable with 3 light window, the lights with elliptically-arched heads below a re-set label mould. North-west elevation with 2 flat-headed windows and a doorway, all within irregularly-quoined surrounds, the windows of one and 2 lights, the doorway with chamfered jambs and a later lintel. South-east elevation with 2 windows similar to those to the north-west wall, and a blocked c.1700 window."
"INTERIOR: Simply-furnished interior subdivided by a cross wall with inserted domestic hearth with stepped jambs and irregular, narrow lintel. Inserted recess to left. Unplastered stonework and exposed rafters and purlins."
"HISTORY: The first documentary reference to Keld Chapel is a christening in 1672. In the late C17, the building ceased to be used as a place of worship and was converted into a dwelling. The building was repaired in 1897 and became the property of the National Trust in the early C20. The building stands within a small churchyard bounded by an enclosure wall, which, together with the ground below the chapel is a Scheduled Ancient Monument ( No. 34988. )"


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BJQ44.jpg (taken 22.7.2005)  
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BTF19.jpg  Chest.
(taken 18.7.2010)  
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BTF20.jpg  Chair.
(taken 18.7.2010)  
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BTF21.jpg  Bench.
(taken 18.7.2010)  
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BTF22.jpg  Stool.
(taken 18.7.2010)  

hearsay:-  
16th century, perhaps built by monks from Shap Abbey. The fireplace and chimney were added by a family who lived here in the 18th century.

person:-    : National Trust

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