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St Helen

St Helen

Willingham by Stow

Lincolnshire

Mid C12, late C17, 1880 by Brodrick and Smith.

Architectural Features

Plain tiled roofs with stone coped gables, cross finials and decorative ridge tiles.

C12 west tower re-modelled in C19, with plinth, quoins, and small, pointed, very narrow west doorway to left, with chamfered surround and plank door.

C19 moulded eaves with 8 gargoyles, battlements and 8 ornate pinnacles.

North side of nave with blocked C12 doorway to west with round head, impost blocks, chamfered jambs and hood mould.

Pointed south doorway re-using late C12 fragments with flanking columnar jambs, rich foliate capitals, that to west C19.

C19 interior tower arch with pointed head with inner order corbelled out on large angels, outer order chamfered

Irregularly shaped tower interior with C12 pointed chamfered doorway leading to stairs, with plank door.

C17 round headed chancel arch with impost blocks, hood mould and large round label stops. c19

C14 square headed traceried bench ends.

C12 drum font with small pointed arches on coupled shafts.

Monuments in tower include one large marble monument to Elizabeth Dymok, died 1741, with scrolls, flowers, winged cherubs and coats-of-arms.

White marble monument to Thomas Wells, died 1781, and family, with urn, lilyheads and winged cherub.