Former Parish Church Of St Helen

The former parish church of St. Helen is located in Longhorsley and was rebuilt in 1783 on a medieval site. The chancel was added in 1798, and the vestry was constructed in the early 19th century. The building is primarily made of ashlar stone, except for squared stone on the north side, and features a slate roof with stone gable copings. It is designed in a Gothick style and has a broad nave with a south porch, while the chancel has a vestry on the north side.

The church has a chamfered plinth and a west end that includes a 20-pane sash window with intersecting glazing bars beneath a pointed head, flanked by blind lancets and topped with a sunk quatrefoil. The embattled bellcote features twin pointed openings on the east and west sides, along with single blind pointed arches on the north and south. The south wall of the nave has a plain doorway at the west end under the porch, which has had its front wall removed to connect with the present parish church in 1982. There are three sash windows on the south wall, matching those on the west, as well as three similar windows on the north side of the nave, two on the south of the chancel, and one in the east end. A priest's door between the chancel windows has a blocked fanlight with intersecting ribs. The vestry has a square plinth and a 16-pane sash window.

Inside, the chancel arch is trefoiled and outlined by raised balls, with a panelled soffit and spandrels that feature a crude foliage design, possibly from the early 20th century. There is a panelled dado, but most fittings have been removed. The asymmetric layout of the nave suggests that the south and west nave walls, and possibly the chancel walls, are built on medieval foundations. The church was last used in 1966 and was derelict at the time of the survey.