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