Description

ASWARDBY CHURCH LANE
TF 37 SE (north side)

3/1 Church of St. Helen
3.2.67
II

Parish church. 1747 and mid C19. Rockface ashlar with ashlar
dressings and some later rebuilding in red brick. Ashlar quoins.
Chamfered rusticated ashlar plinth. Pantile roof. Brick coped
gables with some tumbling. Dentil eaves to the south side.
Nave and chancel under the same roof. C19 wood and lead cupola
to the west end with louvred base and 2 arches to each side over.
West wall with brick to gable apex has a moulded ashlar doorway
with pendant keystone, C18 panelled double door and overlight.
Gable apex has a single oval ashlar plaque inscribed "E.H. Church
Warden 1747". North wall of rock face ashlar has 2 round arched
windows in flush ashlar quoin surrounds. The east wall with
brick to the gable apex has a single semi-circular arched opening
with moulded ashlar archivolt and keystone, arch supported on
single pair of ashlar pilasters. Opening now blocked with brick.
In the gable apex is a single circular pivotal glazing bar
casement with 4 ashlar keyblocks. The brick south wall has 2
segmental arched glazing bar cross casements with ashlar impost
and keyblocks. Interior has a panelled ceiling. ..

Listing NGR: TF3763270220

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26641904

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)