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St Helen

St Helen

Brant Broughton

Lincolnshire

Battlements to nave and aisles decorated with shields, and a quatrefoil carved parapet to chancel, all with crocketed pinnacles and gargoyles.

Architectural Features

Above a fleuron frieze with gargoyles topped with alternating stages of lucarnes rises to 198 feet in height.

The early C16, 5 bay clerestory with moulded hood band has 3 light cusped panel tracery windows in 4 centred arched cavetto chamfered surrounds.

The late C14, 4 bay north aisle has 3, 3 light ornate cusped panel tracery windows in cavetto chamfered surrounds with fleuron.

Inside stone benches and a 2 bay sexpartite vault supported on leaf bracket and with carved bosses.

Carefully restored early C16 angel nave roof, elaborately painted.

Ornate C15 octagonal font with elaborate cover by T Garner 1889.

Choirstalls pulpit and chancel screen by Bodley, 1890 with roof of 1919.

Elaborate marble reredos incorporating late C15 German 'Ascension'.

SK9153 : St Helen, Brant Broughton - Stained glass window

Stained glass throughout designed by Canon sutton, who also designed brass candlesticks and candelabra, except for the east windows by Burlison and Grylls.

SK9153 : St Helen, Brant Broughton - Stained glass window

© John Salmon

Recon- structed monument to Danbrey family in north chapel, a tomb chest with shields in quatrefoils.