Church of St Helen is a Grade II* listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1953. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Helen
- WRENN ID
- drifting-threshold-dawn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1953
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Helen, Barnsley Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 343 182
- Coordinates
- 53.65941, -1.48166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Helen is a cruciform church featuring aisles and a crossing tower. It is constructed of worn ashlar in uneven courses, much of which was replaced in the 19th century when the nave was lengthened by three western bays. Some masonry from the 12th century can be found around the crossing and in the bases of the tower piers. The early 14th-century tower and most of the arcades are characterized by alternating round and octagonal piers. The chancel, dating from a similar period, has unique east windows, with two tall, two-light windows below and a three-light window with trefoiled heads set under a four-centred arch above. The chancel and aisle feature a 15th-century king post roof, while the nave has a 19th-century timber roof in a similar style. There is a 15th-century south chancel screen and late Georgian memorials on the north chancel wall. The font is dated 1669.
Local climate
Church of St Helen receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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