Description

SE 84 NW NUNBURNHOLME KILNWICK PERCY

10/21 Church of St. Helen

26.1.67

GV II

Church. C12 origins, rebuilt by J.B. and W. Atkinson in 1865. Ornate Norman Style. Sandstone ashlar with limestone dressings. 5-bay nave with north porch and west bellcote, 2-bay chancel. Nave: chamfered plinth, round-headed windows with nook-shafts, scallop capitals, and chevron ornament. Rebuilt C12 north door of 3 orders with nook shafts, deep roll-moulding to centre order, and chevron ornament to outer order. Corbel table incorporating original corbels carved into beast and human heads. North porch: doorway with nook shafts and capitals with volutes (2 original) supporting round arch of 3 orders decorated with arcading, beak head, and chevron ornament. Chancel: round-headed window with nook-shafts and roll-moulding to head. Similar round-headed priests' door in projecting porch with corbelled-in roof. Interior contains wall-monument with black-letter inscription to Thomas Wood, died 1583

Listing NGR: SE8269149814

External Links

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