Church of St Helen

The Church of St Helen is a church built between 1916 and 1926, designed by W.D. Caröe. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and has a slate roof. The church features a single vessel nave and chancel, with aisles under lean-to roofs, a northeast tower, a chapel, and a south vestry.

The west end includes a narthex flanked by turrets, with four pointed entrances set in segmental headed architraves and quatrefoil panelling above. Flying buttresses support the nave, which has a five-light window with Perpendicular tracery. Low passages with windows of three ogee-headed lights connect to square embattled turrets that have two-light windows. The aisles are supported by canted buttresses and feature three-light Perpendicular windows, while the clerestory also has three-light windows. The chancel has a slightly canted east end with two-, three-, and two-light windows that include transoms.

The tower is characterized by diagonal buttresses and smaller side buttresses. Segmental arches support a gallery below paired two-light straight-headed bell openings, with a plain parapet and a square southeast stair turret. The north face of the tower has a four-light window interrupted by a buttress, and the base of the tower forms the west bay of the chapel, with a four-light east window in the east bay. To the west of the tower, there is a gabled porch and a transept.

Inside, the church features five bay arcades with four-centred arches and taller blind arcades that enclose clerestory windows. The aisles have elliptical-arched arcades leading to passages. The west end includes arches to narthex passages and open octofoils to the turrets. An octagonal font with a Classical font cover is present, and the chancel contains notable woodwork, including choir stalls, a reredos, and parclose screens designed by Caröe. There is also an organ loft in the tower and a two bay minstrels' gallery to the south.

The church demonstrates an imaginative use of brickwork and the tower serves as an important local landmark.