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St Helen

St Helen

Thorpe Hamlet

Norfolk

Medieval hospital and parish church.

Architectural Features

C13, C14, C15 with major C16 and later alterations.

South porch of 3 bays with no vault is all that remains of the C13 building.

East window of 7 lights is partly blocked by C16 inserted chimney stack and is flanked by diagonal buttresses.

Interior has inserted C16 floor on massive re-used moulded beams.

small C15 window in west wall of south aisle

box pews and raised pulpit at east end and Ivory family pew in south transept, dated 1780 and inscribed with names of William Ivory, son of famous architect, and his wife.

Infirmary Hall. late C14.

C16 stair tower on south side has C18 three-light window with intersecting tracery.

Blocked west window of infirmary hall has C16 brickwork (with some repairs) and 4-tier moulded wooden mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights.

Legacy for construction in 1375.

Part of the Great Hospital founded in 1249 by Bishop Walter de Suffield.

After C16 alterations men were accommodated in the west wards