Church of St. Helen
CHURCH OF ST. HELEN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346280
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Helen
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST. HELEN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1346280
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Helen
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST. HELEN
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST. HELEN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Nunburnholme
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 82691 49814
Details
SE 84 NW NUNBURNHOLME KILNWICK PERCY
10/21 Church of St. Helen
26.1.67
GV II
Church. C12 origins, rebuilt by J.B. and W. Atkinson in 1865. Ornate Norman Style. Sandstone ashlar with limestone dressings. 5-bay nave with north porch and west bellcote, 2-bay chancel. Nave: chamfered plinth, round-headed windows with nook-shafts, scallop capitals, and chevron ornament. Rebuilt C12 north door of 3 orders with nook shafts, deep roll-moulding to centre order, and chevron ornament to outer order. Corbel table incorporating original corbels carved into beast and human heads. North porch: doorway with nook shafts and capitals with volutes (2 original) supporting round arch of 3 orders decorated with arcading, beak head, and chevron ornament. Chancel: round-headed window with nook-shafts and roll-moulding to head. Similar round-headed priests' door in projecting porch with corbelled-in roof. Interior contains wall-monument with black-letter inscription to Thomas Wood, died 1583
Listing NGR: SE8269149814
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 166989
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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