St Peter's Church is an Anglican church in

Coniston Cold Coniston Cold is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village lies north-west of Skipton along the A65. It was historically part of the Staincliffe Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to ...

, a village in

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...

, in England. The church was designed in the Early English by George Webster, on land donated by James Braithwaite Garforth. It was completed in 1846 and dedicated in 1847, and was soon given its own parish. This survived until 1987, when it was placed in the parish of

St Michael's Church, Kirkby Malham St Michael's Church is in the village of Kirkby Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bowland and Ewecross, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the Diocese of Leeds. It is recorded in the Nation ...

. The church was

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in 1989. In 2008, it was moved back into the parish of Gargrave. The church is built of stone, with a stone slate roof. It consists of a single cell with four

bays A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

, and a west

steeple In architecture, a steeple is a tall tower on a building, topped by a spire and often incorporating a belfry and other components. Steeples are very common on Christian churches and cathedrals and the use of the term generally connotes a relig ...

. The steeple has a tower with three stages and a south doorway. The top stage is splayed to become octagonal, it contains small louvred bell openings, and is surmounted by a short octagonal spire. There are

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es between the bays, and angle buttresses on the corners and the tower. Inside, there is a triple-decker

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, and under the tower there is a small organ gallery. There is a braced king post roof, and the glass is clear latticework.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Coniston Cold, St Peter Churches completed in 1846 Church of England church buildings in North Yorkshire Grade II listed churches in North Yorkshire

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