Keld Old School Museum
The Keld Old School Museum is a museum in a historic building in Keld, North Yorkshire, a village in England.
The school was built in 1847, on the initiative of James Wilkinson, minister at the Keld Congregational Church. It closed in the 1970s, and was used as a bunkhouse, then as a storeroom. The building was grade II listed in 1986.[1][2] In 2022, it was restored by the Keld Resource Centre, and opened as a museum of life in Upper Swaledale.[3]
The building is constructed of stone, with quoins, and a stone slate roof with stone copings. There is a single storey and three bays. On the front is a projecting gabled porch with the entry in the right side. In the porch is a sash window, and the other windows are casements. On the left gable is a bellcote with heart-shaped openings, an inscription and the date 1847.[2][4]
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[edit]- ^ Craig, W. J. (1976). "The Keld Literary Institute" (PDF). British Mining (3). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Former Chapel School, Muker (1318283)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ "Keld Old School Saved for the Next Generation". Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ 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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