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St Helen
Cliffe
Kent
Circa 1200, remodelled in earlier C14, with chancel restored in 1853 by George Austin, tower and transepts in 1864 by J.P. St. Aubyn, and the nave and tower by Romaine-Walker and Tanner in 1884.
Architectural Features
Clerestorey lancets of C14.
Base of late C15 rood screen.
Wall paintings in both transeptal chapels, those in the north of the martyrdom of St. Edmund.
Fittings: Tower screen of c.1370 with lights in threes and intersecting mullions.
Six medieval pews.
Some C14 glass in tracery of 2 chancel windows on south side, much restored.
C17 communion rail.
Late C14 tomb recess on north side of sanctuary with cusped and subcusped arch.