Church of St Helen
CHURCH OF ST HELEN, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1166170
- Date first listed:
- 03-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Helen
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST HELEN, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1166170
- Date first listed:
- 03-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Helen
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST HELEN, CHURCH LANE
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, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- East Lindsey (District Authority)
- Parish:
- East Keal
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 38254 63937
Details
EAST KEAL CHURCH LANE TF 36 SE (north side) 5/6 Church of St. Helen 3.2.67 G.V. II* Parish church. C13, C14, restored and rebuilt externally with tower of 1853-4 by Stephen Lewin. Greenstone, ashlar, rendered and yellow brickwork. Slate roofs. Western tower, nave,aisles, chancel, south vestry and porch. Ashlar tower of 4 stages, in Early English style, with 5 lancets in an arcade to belfry stage. Buttresses with crocketed gablettes. Plain parapet. Single lancet to third stage. Geometric style window to second stage. West door of 4 shafted orders and dogtoothing. North aisle has 2 light window to west and 3 two light early C19 Gothick windows to north side. Yellow brick chancel, with C19 3 light east window. The south side has a 2 light C19 window in chancel, and 2 similar in the nave. C19 gabled porch, with pointed outer arch, and chamfered reveals. The inner doorway has late C14 reveals with 2 orders, having ballflower and figured ornamentation, and decorated imposts, recut C19 double chamfered pointed arched head. Interior. C13 4 bay nave arcades with octagonal piers and capitals on north side, with double chamfered arches, human head stops to hood moulds and details. The south arcade has quatrefoil piers with annular capitals and nail head decoration. C15 tower arch with octagonal responds, capitals and double chamfered arch. The C19 tower windows have dogtoothing to the rear arches, collared side and central shafts and inner trefoils and quatrefoils. C13 chancel arch, octagonal responds and double chamfered arches. C19 arch braced king post roof to nave. Fittings all C19, apart from the C16 octagonal font with floriate carved side panels and grotesque supporters. In the south aisle an early C17 wall monument to Susanna Kirkman, with a crudely carved figure, elbow resting on a skull, set in a classical surround with fluted Ionic pilasters and cornice. In the north aisle the bust in marble of a wigged gentleman, Peter Short, d.1681, set into a pointed recess at high level, presumably from a monument.
Listing NGR: TF3825463937
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 196129
- 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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