Church of St Helen and St Giles

CHURCH OF ST HELEN AND ST GILES, BROADWAY

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1358505
Date first listed:
07-Jan-1955
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST HELEN AND ST GILES, BROADWAY
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Date:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1358505
Date first listed:
07-Jan-1955
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST HELEN AND ST GILES, BROADWAY

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST HELEN AND ST GILES, BROADWAY

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Greater London Authority
District:
Havering (London Borough)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TQ 52083 82208

Details

BROADWAY 1. 5017 Rainham Church of St Helen and St Giles TQ 5282/5382 6/1 7.1.55 GV 2. Circa 1170, a remarkably complete and unaltered Norman church, consisting of nave with aisles, chancel and west tower. Later features include clerestory windows of the C18. The chancel has a C15 crown-post roof of 2 bays. An unusual feature of this church is a mediaeval scratch-drawing of a ship on the wall of the rood-loft staircase. (RCHM).

Listing NGR: TQ5208682209

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An Inventory of Essex South East, (1923), 116

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