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
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Parish church
Address
Church of St Helen, Cornhill-On-Tweed
OS grid reference
NT 858 392
Coordinates
55.64648, -2.22651
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Helen is a parish church built in 1840 by Ignatius Bonomi, incorporating masonry from a church constructed in 1751. It was altered and had a chancel added in 1866. The nave is made of random rubble, while the chancel features snecked stone, and the roof is covered with Welsh slate.

The church consists of a nave, chancel, and a north porch. The four-bay nave has paired lancets with trefoiled windows above, and the west bay features two tiers of paired cusped windows. The west end has a projection with offsets that rise to a gabled bellcote, which includes a window with a shouldered lintel. On either side of the projection are groups of three lancets, with the central lancet being blank. The one-bay chancel has a three-light Geometric window on the east side. The gabled porch on the north side has a door with a shouldered lintel.

Inside, there is a west gallery from 1840 supported by two Tuscan columns, featuring a modillion cornice and a pulvinated frieze. The parapet displays a mid-18th century carving of the Collingwood arms within a frame of open-work Rococo mantling, along with a moulded and ramped top rail. There are also two large Collingwood hatchments from the early 19th century. The pulpit and reading desk, likely from 1840, feature arched panels, waterleaf columns at the corners, and brass candleholders.

Local climate

Church of St Helen receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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