United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1983. Church.
United Reformed Church
- WRENN ID
- keen-keep-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1983
- Type
- Church
- Address
- United Reformed Church, High Street, Dean and Shelton
- OS grid reference
- TL 048 679
- Coordinates
- 52.2997, -0.46393
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The United Reformed Church, originally an Independent chapel, was built in 1863 for local resident William Ackroyd. It features polychrome brick with some stone dressings and has a slate roof, designed in the Italianate style. The church's exterior is decorated with Corinthian pilasters on all sides, and there are red brick bands at the sill level and just below the capitals. All openings are topped with polychrome semi-circular arches, and there is simplified blind arcading beneath the cornice. The east gable end has a central gabled porch with a double door accessed by three steps. The doorway features a semi-circular arch supported by Corinthian columns. Above the porch are two windows flanked by Corinthian columns, with an oculus above, all set within a larger arch. There is one window in each side bay, and the door and side bay windows have dripstones with carved stops.
Local climate
United Reformed Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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