Church of St Helen and St Giles is a Grade I listed building in the Havering local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1955. A Medieval Church.

Church of St Helen and St Giles

WRENN ID
silver-screen-falcon
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Havering
Constituency
Dagenham and Rainham MP: Margaret Mullane (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 January 1955
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of St Helen and St Giles, Broadway
OS grid reference
TQ 520 822
Coordinates
51.51833, 0.19057
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Helen and St Giles, dating from around 1170, is a remarkably complete and unaltered Norman church located in Rainham. It consists of a nave with aisles, a chancel, and a west tower. Later additions include clerestory windows from the 18th century. The chancel features a 15th-century crown-post roof with two bays. A unique aspect of this church is a medieval scratch-drawing of a ship located on the wall of the rood-loft staircase.

Local climate

Church of St Helen and St Giles sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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