Church Of St Helen

SK 58 NE STYRRUP WITH OLDCOTES MAIN STREET Oldcotes (East side)

2/163 Church of St. Helen

G.V. II

Roman Catholic church. 1869-71, probably by S. J. Nicholl. Ashlar with ashlar dressings. Tiled roof with decorated ridges and stone coped east end. 3 ridge crosses, with a single ridge cross to the porch. Buttressed and set on a plinth with a chamfered ashlar course over. Nave, south porch, north chapel/organ chamber, chancel, north east decorative ashlar bell turret. West end with single 4-light arched window with tracery, cusping and hood mould. A string course runs under. The north wall has 3 two light arched windows with tracery, cusping, hood mould and label stops. The north wall of the chapel has an arched doorway, with, to its left, 2 two light windows, each with cusping and a single stone mullion under a flat head, a string course runs under, and below is a single narrow rectangular opening. The east wall of the chapel has a single round window with tracery, cusping, hood mould and label stops, below is a string course and a single narrow rectangular opening. The east chancel has a single 5-light arched window with tracery, cusping and hood mould,a string course runs under. The south wall has 5 arched 2-light windows with tracery, cusping and hood mould. The buttressed porch has a moulded arch supported on engaged columns with hood mould and label stops. Both the east and west walls have a single 2-light traceried window. The porch interior has a piscina supported on a foliate corbel and with an arch over. The inner moulded, arched, doorway has a hood mould with label stops over. Interior. Nave and north chapel are divided by a single moulded arch supported on a foliate decorated capital to the left, the right respond also having a foliate decorated capital. The moulded chancel arch is supported on 2 foliate decorated capitals and has a hood mould with label stops over. The 2 bay chancel/north chapel arcade with moulded arches supported on columns with foliate decorated capitals has C19 screens. The organ chamber is separated either side from the north chapel by single half arches, each terminating at the apex in a boss. There are 2 arched doorways in the north chapel, north wall with hood mould band over and 2 label stops. Between the 2 doors is a niche with triangular arch over, and supported on 2 corbels. The south chancel wall has a piscina with arches over. Flanking the east window are single cusped niches. On the north chancel wall is a painted panel with blind trefoils over and hood mould with finial. The chancel roof is supported on foliate decorated corbels. The furniture is C19 and C20.

Listing NGR: SK5909888540