Giggleswick School

Giggleswick School is a public school (English private boarding and day school) in Giggleswick, near Settle, North Yorkshire, England.

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Beck House, Giggleswick

Beck House is a historic building in Giggleswick, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was probably built by Charles Nowell in the 1720s, and was originally named Beck Hall. It was altered in the early 19th century, and was extended to the left in the 1930s. It was grade II* listed in 1958, but R. W. Hoyle in 2019 argued that it has been "largely overlooked by local and architectural historians". It is currently used as part of Giggleswick School. The house is built of stone with limestone dressings, chamfered quoins, a floor band, a moulded eaves cornice, and a slate roof. It has two storeys and a front of seven bays, the middle three bays projecting under a large segmental pediment containing three windows, the outer windows round. In the centre is a doorway with an eared architrave, a rectangular fanlight, a pulvinated frieze with carvings, and a segmental pediment on consoles. The flanking windows each has a moulded architrave, a pulvinated frieze and a broken pediment, and the windows in the upper floor have triangular pediments; all the windows are sashes, and those on the ground floor are early 18th century. To the left is the 1930s extension with two storeys and seven bays. Inside, there is an early-18th century fireplace in the kitchen, and an 18th-century servants' staircase, while the main staircase is early-19th century.

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Ivy Fold

Ivy Fold is a historic building in Giggleswick, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was built in about 1652 by Anthony Lister, vicar of St Alkelda's Church, Giggleswick. The left-hand wing was added in 1669, and the right-hand wing was altered in 1677. The vicarage was later converted into three houses. The building was grade II* listed in 1958, and altered in 1970, when a new front door was installed. The building is constructed of stone with a stone slate roof and two storeys. It has an L-shaped plan, with a left wing of two bays, and a right wing of three bays. The windows have chamfered surrounds and mullions, and some have hood moulds. Both wings contain a doorway with a moulded surround and a segmental-arched decorated, dated and initialled lintel. Inside, there are three mid-17th century fireplaces, the one in the left-hand wing being next to a beehive oven.

Church of St Alkelda, Giggleswick

The Church of St Alkelda, Giggleswick (historically St Alkald), is an Anglican church in the village of Giggleswick, North Yorkshire, England. St Alkelda's was the mother church for the extended parish of Giggleswick, until the church in Settle, North Yorkshire was built in 1838, and later became a separate parish. The dedication of the church is to a little-known Saxon princess (Alkelda) with connections to a religious site in Middleham, North Yorkshire, with much speculation as to how the dedication arrived at the church in Giggleswick. The church is still in use as a place of worship.

Giggleswick Market Cross

Giggleswick Market Cross is a historic structure in Giggleswick, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The cross was constructed in about 1400, at which time, Giggleswick held a market charter. In 1708, the neighbouring town of Settle was also granted a market charter, and the market at Giggleswick faded away, although the cross survived. One tradition claims that the cross at Giggleswick was originally located in Settle, but was relocated to Giggleswick, to promote its primacy in the late Mediaeval period. Another tradition claims that the cross was damaged by a resident of Settle in response to a local dispute. The cross was grade II listed in 1958, and has been a scheduled monument since 1995. The market cross was moved to its present site in 1840. It is built of millstone grit, and is about 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) high. It has a square base of three steps, the lowest of which is about 2 metres square. It has a chamfered shaft, 30cm wide and 22cm deep, and a head in the form of trefoiled Greek cross with a pierced centre.