Former Baptist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. Chapel.
Former Baptist Chapel
- WRENN ID
- sacred-kitchen-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Former Baptist Chapel, Riseley Road, Keysoe, Bedfordshire, Bolnhurst and Keysoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 073 631
- Coordinates
- 52.25567, -0.42875
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Baptist Chapel is a building made of red brick with brick dressings and a clay tile roof, dating from the 19th century. It has a square plan with a small, single-storey projection on the south-east corner. Attached to this projection is a late 20th-century garage and conservatory, which are not of special interest.
The exterior features a hipped roof with two hidden valleys and a brick dentilled cornice. The main east elevation has a central front door beneath a flat-headed portico supported by two columns, which was added in the late 20th century. This entrance is flanked by tall, multi-paned, round-headed sash windows, positioned higher in the centre to illuminate the pulpit. The left window retains its original glazing bars and glass, while the other windows have been replaced in the late 20th century. To the far left is the two-bay, single-storey projection, and on the far right of the ground floor is a multi-paned timber cross casement window under a cambered head. The three-bay south elevation has similar ground-floor windows, with horizontal sash windows with glazing bars under the eaves on the second floor. The four-bay west elevation is similar, but all but the second bay feature French windows with timber panels between the tops and the cambered heads. The three-bay north elevation mirrors the fenestration of the south.
Inside, the front door leads into a double-height hall, around which the former gallery has been converted into bedrooms. The bressummers that supported the gallery are still partly visible, along with four structural, double-height timber columns featuring square chamfered capitals, from which extend four carved brackets.
Local climate
Former Baptist Chapel 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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