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Church of St Helen

A Grade II Listed Building in St Helen Without, Oxfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7004 / 51°42'1"N

Longitude: -1.3249 / 1°19'29"W

OS Eastings: 446752

OS Northings: 200403

OS Grid: SP467004

Mapcode National: GBR 7Y9.7W5

Mapcode Global: VHCXZ.ZJF9

Plus Code: 9C3WPM2G+52

Entry Name: Church of St Helen

Listing Date: 24 June 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1368572

English Heritage Legacy ID: 249809

ID on this website: 101368572

Location: St Helen's Church, Dry Sandford, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, OX13

County: Oxfordshire

District: Vale of White Horse

Civil Parish: St Helen Without

Traditional County: Berkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

Church of England Parish: Dry Sandford

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


ST.HELEN WITHOUT DRY SANDFORD
SP4600
16/132 Church of St. Helen
GV II
Church. 1855, by J.B. Clacy. Coursed and dressed limestone (highly ferruginous
and ruddy coloured) with buff-coloured ashlar dressings. Stone-coped gables to
stone slate roof. Chancel with north vestry, and nave with north chapel. Early
English style. Apsidal east end has hood moulds over 5 trefoil-headed lancets:
2-bay chancel has similar lancets and moulded trefoil-arched south door: vestry,
which has 2-light window, pointed-arched door and 2-light geometrical-style
gable-end window, adjoins short stair turret with broached pyramidal cap.
Bellcote at east end of nave. 5-bay nave has plain lancets (paired in east bay)
divided by offset buttresses: south porch has pointed moulded doors, with
engaged shafts on outer door, and 3-light trefoil-headed side windows. 3-light
stepped lancet west window. All windows have hood moulds with ballflower stops.
Interior: vault in apsidal sanctuary has groins continued as shafts with
ballflower capitals. Double-chamfered sanctuary arch has similar engaged shafts
with ballflower capitals. Chancel: hood moulds over rere-arches with bell
capitals to engaged shafts. Poppyhead bench ends. Oak screen to vestry has
trefoil-headed arches divided by ringed shafts with bell capitals and trefoiled
spandrels. Steps from vestry through trefoil-arched door to pulpit facing nave:
stone canopy above square C13-style richly-carved pulpit with marble corner
shafts. Reader's desk has circular rail of C13-style trefoil-headed arches. Roof
has enamelled text plates.
(Buildings of England: Berkshire, p.130).


Listing NGR: SP4675200403

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