Church of St. Helen is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St. Helen
- WRENN ID
- western-brass-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds MP: Charlie Dewhirst (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St. Helen, Nunburnholme, YO42 1UF
- OS grid reference
- SE 826 498
- Coordinates
- 53.93787, -0.74187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Helen is a church with origins dating back to the 12th century, which was rebuilt by J.B. and W. Atkinson in 1865. It is designed in an ornate Norman style and constructed from sandstone ashlar with limestone dressings. The building features a 5-bay nave that includes a north porch and a west bellcote, along with a 2-bay chancel.
The nave has a chamfered plinth and round-headed windows that are supported by nook-shafts, adorned with scallop capitals and chevron ornamentation. The north door, rebuilt in the 12th century style, consists of three orders with nook shafts, a deep roll-moulding in the center order, and chevron decoration in the outer order. A corbel table runs along the nave, incorporating original corbels that are carved into the shapes of beast and human heads.
The north porch features a doorway with nook shafts and capitals, two of which are original, supporting a round arch made up of three orders that are decorated with arcading, beak head motifs, and chevron ornament. The chancel includes a round-headed window with nook-shafts and roll-moulding at the head, as well as a similar round-headed priests' door located in a projecting porch that has a corbelled-in roof. Inside the church, there is a wall monument with a black-letter inscription dedicated to Thomas Wood, who died in 1583.
Local climate
Church of St. Helen sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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