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St Helen

St Helen

Wheathampstead

Hertfordshire

Pre-Conquest and Norman origin

Architectural Features

Chancel, c,1230. crossing tower, late C13

Nave and aisles, early-mid C14

Early C14 W door with ball flower ornament in double hollow surround

S transept has stone arch in S wall, said to be a Saxon doorhead, and the E wall has an intricate decorated style window with fleurons in the jambs

C15 piscina in jamb of SE window

Font at W end of nave is early C14, octagonal, with quatrefoil frieze

Early C17 oak pulpit with shallow strapwork ornament

Pews behind this are early-mid C17, one dated 1631

Many good monuments: alabaster tomb chest to Sir John Brocket and his wife (1558) with two recumbent figures and armorial frieze

large wall monument to Elizabeth Garrard on W wall of N transept, 1630s: broad arch surround with columns, broken pediment overthrow and semi- reclining alabaster figures