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St Botolph

Helpston

Cambridgeshire

5141 HELPSTON CHURCH LANE (east side) Church of St Botolph TF 1205 37/281 15.12.55 I GV 2.

Architectural Features

West tower of Norman (or Saxon) origin, remainder mainly C13.

North and south aisles have straight-headed windows, Perpendicular west windows, east window of south aisle is Decorated, early C13 south doorway with painted arch and one order of colonnettes, one with waterleaf capital the other one with upright leaves.

C14 south porch.

The door has "W.G. Fecit 1708" carved on it.

Circa 1300 chancel

the windows have had pointed heads cut off and square lintels substituted with initials T:G: and K.G. and date 1609 carved on them.

Small battlements with gargoyles and squat spire with large lucarnes.

Interior: early C13 two bay south arcades with circular piers with circular capitals and abaci, and chamfered round arches.

Mid C13 north arcade with octagonal pier and pointed double-chamfered arches.

Early C12 tower arch with scallop capitals, later pointed arch.

C13 sedilia and piscina.

Plain octagonal font.