Church of St Helen, Kilnsea

The Church of St Helen in Kilnsea is a 19th-century building, constructed between 1864 and 1865, designed by William Burges. It is now a private dwelling, having been converted in the early 21st century.

The church features red brick and white brick with limestone dressings, topped with a Westmorland slate roof. It is a small church oriented east-west, set within a small graveyard. The structure includes a five-bay nave and a lower, single-bay chancel. The nave has a south porch and a west bellcote, while the chancel includes a north vestry.

The exterior displays red brick in Flemish bond, accented by narrow bands of white brick and a white brick eaves cornice. The windows are pointed-arch lancets with stone sills, polychrome brick heads, stone keystones, and small diamond-pane leaded glazing. A high plinth with a chamfered brick top and shallow buttresses with chamfered stone tops define the bays. Both the nave and chancel roofs feature stone coping and decorative ridge tiles.

The south elevation, facing the road, has lancets in the first, third, fourth, and fifth bays. The second bay includes a small gabled porch with stone coping and decorative ridge tiles on the slate roof, featuring a decorative geometric carved stone at the gable apex. Below this is a pointed arch doorway with a polychrome brick head and stone keystone, flanked by double timber doors with decorative iron strap hinges. At the west end, the roof is topped with a polychrome brick bellcote adorned with an iron cruciform finial.

The east gabled wall of the chancel showcases a tripartite window composed of three pointed-arch lancets, with the central lancet being slightly taller. This window features a stone sill, polychrome brick heads, stone keystones, and an overarching polychrome pointed arch integrated into the brickwork. Similarly, the west gabled wall of the nave has a tripartite lancet window with matching features. The gable apex is topped by the bellcote.

The interior of the church was not inspected.