Church Of St Helen is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Parish church.

Church Of St Helen

WRENN ID
graven-copper-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Parish church
Source
Historic England listing

Description

CORNHILL-ON-TWEED CORNHILL-ON-TWEED NT 83 NE 9/35 Church of St. Helen GV II

Parish church. 1840 by Ignatius Bonomi, incorporating masonry from church of 1751. Altered and chancel added 1866. Nave random rubble, chancel snecked stone; Welsh slate roof.

Nave, chancel and north porch.

4-bay nave has paired lancets with trefoiled windows above. West bay has 2 tiers of paired cusped windows. West end has projection with offsets rising to gabled bellcote. In the projection a window with shouldered lintel. Left and right are groups of 3 lancets, the central lancet blank. One-bay chancel has 3-light Geometric east window. Gabled porch on north side has door with shouldered lintel.

Interior: West gallery of 1840 on 2 Tuscan columns; modillion cornice and pulvinated frieze; the parapet bears a mid C18 carving of Collingwood arms in a frame of open-work Rococo mantling;moulded and ramped top rail. 2 large Collingwood hatchments of the early C19. Pulpit and reading desk, probably of 1840, have arched panels, waterleaf columns at angles, and brass candleholders.

Listing NGR: NT8584339239

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