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St Mary and St Helen

St Mary And St Helen

Ness

Cheshire

C14 tower incorporating masonry from church of 1170, probably restored 1697

Architectural Features

slate roofs with red tile ridge cresting

EXTERIOR: 3 stepped lancets with stained glass to chancel east window flanked by diagonal buttresses.

Datestone set in the south face gives 1697 restoration date.

Crenellated parapet with four main face gargoyles.

brass rail and mosaic floor to Sanctuary

Round tower arch fitted with ornate memorial gates circa 1904: high on east wall, blind arcade of six shafts commemorates the earlier origins of the church.

C16 octagonal roll moulded stone font with quatrefoils to bowl and cusped lancet panels to stem.

Panelled oak pulpit on stone base.

MEMORIALS: 1914-1919 memorial window flanked by names on slate tablets.

Stones: fragments of Saxon crosses mounted at west end of church.

STAINED GLASS: by Morris and Co, and Kempe.