St Helen

late C14 west tower with C15 features

extensively restored c1886 by J Cotton of Birmingham, C12 chancel rebuilt and lengthened, vestry and south porch built, and roofs replaced

tile roofs, the chancel with cresting

gargoyle with downspout to north and south

valley gargoyle between two 3-light windows with Perpendicular tracery

north side has C20 block to west of centre covering blocked C12 round-headed entrance to west of offset buttress

south side similar, timber-framed gabled porch on high stone plinth with C12 round-headed inner entrance shafts with scallop capitals and roll moulding and roundels to worn arch, off-centre scratch dial to tympanum

gargoyle with downspout

upper stage has 2-light louvred bell openings with hoods over blind tracery, cornice with gargoyles and crenellated parapet with continuous moulding and restored pinnacles

chancel has cornice with Apostles to corbels supporting roof with moulded members

FITTINGS: chancel has C12 pillar piscina with plain flared bowl

mid to late C17 altar rail on turned balusters

Nave has early C17 pulpit to north of chancel arch, with enriched round-headed panels and acanthus frieze

heptagonal font

possibly C12 with C15 re-cutting on C19 base

flat lid with brass finial

MEMORIALS: chancel has large alabaster and marble wall memorial to north wall to Sir Henry Rainsford, d.1622, and Anne his wife: recess with round-arched centre has flanking Composite columns and entablature with crest and finials, 2 kneeling figures facing each other over a prayer desk, apron with inscription panels and panel with infant and 2 males

Hercules Rainford, d.1583, and Elizabeth his wife: floor slab, now set on north wall, has brass inscription panel and figures, similar memorial to Elizabeth Rainsford, d.1601

STAINED GLASS: some fragments of medieval glass to vestry window

good c1900 glass to chancel east window and small light to nave north side