Parish Church of St Helen is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1958. A Modern Church.
Parish Church of St Helen
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-thatch-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1958
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Parish Church of St Helen, Drury Lane, Colne
- OS grid reference
- TL 372 760
- Coordinates
- 52.36523, 0.01371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parish Church of St Helen is located on Colne Drury Lane and was completed in 1900, replacing the original church that collapsed in 1896. Designed by the architect Fawcett of Cambridge, the building retains some features from the earlier structure, including re-used ashlar.
The church features a tower positioned at the junction of the nave and south aisle, which consists of three stages and is supported by two-stage angle buttresses. It has a moulded plinth band and an embattled parapet adorned with crocketed pinnacles at each corner. The small spire is covered in lead and topped with an iron finial. The belfry window has two cinquefoil lights with a label and stops, while the main entry on the west face of the tower is a two-centred arch. The roofs of the nave, chancel, and south aisle are covered with red, ridged pantiles.
The south aisle has three bays, each with single-stage buttresses and three restored windows featuring two trefoiled lights in the style of the 14th century. An early 14th-century window with two pointed lights is located in the chancel wall. Inside, the nave boasts a 14th-century arcade of three bays, with two-centred arches formed of two chamfered orders, supported by octagonal columns with moulded capitals and bases. The roof is a modern crown-post design. There are early 14th-century piscinae in both the chancel and south aisle, and a 14th-century font with a plain octagonal bowl.
Local climate
Parish Church of St Helen sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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