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St Helen

St Helen

North Thoresby

Lincolnshire

C13, C14, C16, 1732, 1903 restoration.

Architectural Features

In the south side in the middle stage is a C13 lancet.

The west window is late C13 with Y tracery.

And above is a C16 embossed terracotta tile.

In the north wall are 2 C14 windows with 3 lights, with mouchettes

a recut late C13 window with intersecting tracery, also a blocked doorway more clearly visible on the inside.

The south wall of the chancel has 2 single and single paired lancets, all C13, and a planked door with brick surround, probably dating from 1732.

Above is a rectangular plaque inscribed with the initials TH in a C16 script.

The reset inner doorway is late C13 with paired angle shafts to the reveals, moulded imposts and hood.

Early C13 3 bay north and south arcades.

Also in the north wall is a small reset C13 capital decorated with foliage and hobnail.

In the south wall is a trefoil headed C13 piscina,

high up a fragment of C12 voussoir comprising 2 fine orders of chevron moulding.

Fittings are all C19 or C20 apart from a set of early C16 bench ends with initials presumably of the church wardens' families.

The font is a 12th C. circular tub on an octagonal base.

The font is a C12 circulr tub with a short run of billet moulding in the lower band standing on a splayed octagonal base.

The font is a 12th C. circular tub on an octagonal base.

© Julian P Guffogg

Monuments.

At the west end of the nave a fragment of a C10 gravemarker decorated with figure of 8 intertwining knots and cable moulding round the edges.

Reset in an aisle window are 3 figure panels of C15 stained glass.