Church Of St Helen

The Church of St Helen is a parish church that is now closed. It has origins dating back to the 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries, with a rebuilding in 1838. The structure is built from squared greenstone and limestone rubble, with some areas patched and overbuilt in red brick and render. It features slate roofs, a lead-covered turret, and a spire. The church includes a nave with a western bellcote turret and spire, a chancel, and a vestry.

The west window has 19th-century tracery set within a 14th-century surround. The octagonal lead-covered bell turret has pointed gabled louvred openings and a short spire. The north side is rendered and has two three-light windows with reticulated tracery and hood moulds, also from the 19th century. The vestry, added in the 19th century, features a planked door and a three-light window. The east window consists of three lights with 19th-century reticulated tracery and a hood.

On the south wall of the chancel, there is a pointed priest's doorway, possibly from the 13th century, and a 19th-century three-light window set high. The south wall of the nave has two three-light windows with 19th-century reticulated tracery and hoods, all within original chamfered openings. There is a continuously moulded pointed doorway from the 14th century with a hood mould featuring human head stops.

Inside, the church has a 19th-century double chamfered chancel arch and a pointed niche in the south wall. The chancel floor is laid with Minton tiles from the 19th century. Most fittings are from the 19th century, except for the fine octagonal font, which features shields in cusped panels and Symbols of the Passion, with a plain octagonal stem and a base with rounded stop chamfers. The nave's central aisle floor includes four worn low relief effigies and margin inscriptions.