Church Of St Helen

The Church of St Helen is a Grade I listed building located on Main Street in Thorganby. It likely features a 15th-century tower, while the nave and chancel were constructed in 1690, with later additions including a 19th-century vestry. The tower is made of magnesian limestone, while the rest of the church is built from pinkish-orange brick with ashlar dressings. The roofs are covered with plain tiles, stone slates, and Welsh slates.

The church has a three-stage west tower and a three-bay nave with a south porch. The chancel is slightly narrower and lower, consisting of two bays and includes a north vestry. The tower has a plinth, with the first stage featuring a two-light mullion window and two slit windows. The second stage is recessed, and the third stage has a band. The bell-openings are twin-light and trefoil-headed, set under a hoodmould, and the tower is topped with battlements and pinnacles.

The nave has a plinth with chamfered ashlar coping and quoins. The central porch on the south side has quoined sides and a round-arched opening with pilasters, capitals, and a long keystone. The porch features ashlar coping and pointed finials, although the finial on the left is missing. Inside the porch, there is a chamfered round-arched opening with plain double doors. The north and south sides of the nave have casements with leaded quarries under round keyed arches on pilasters with moulded sills. The nave also has a moulded cornice, frieze, and moulded eaves band, with ashlar coping and pointed finials at the ends.

The chancel has quoins and an ashlar plinth. The south side features a priest's door with an architrave similar to that of the south porch but with herringbone infill. The windows on the north and south sides of the chancel match those of the nave. The north side includes the 19th-century vestry in the first bay. The chancel also has a moulded cornice, frieze, moulded eaves band, and ashlar coping with a finial. The east end features a three-light pointed window with Perpendicular tracery, complete with a moulded sill and pilasters with capitals on either side.

Inside, the church has a double-chamfered round chancel arch resting on chamfered piers, while the rest of the interior is plain. There is a late 17th-century octagonal font with lead lining, a wooden plaque from 1821 recording benefactors, and a Victorian coat of arms displayed on a painted wooden plaque.