Church of St Helen, Abingdon
Description: Church of St Helen
Grade: A
Date Listed: 19 January 1951
English Heritage Building ID: 250536
OS Grid Reference: SU4969496777
OS Grid Coordinates: 449694, 196777
Latitude/Longitude: 51.6676, -1.2828
Location: St Helen's Wharf, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 5BL
Locality: Abingdon
Local Authority: Vale of White Horse
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Postcode: OX14 5BL
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Listing Text
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752 WEST ST HELEN STREET
(West Side)
SU 4996 1/203 19.1.51 Church of St Helen
GV
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Mainly late C15 - early C16 with C13 tower and rebuilt spire (1888) and
C13 east wall to two north aisles.
Wide nave of four arcades, with octagonal piers and moulded arches. Two
broad aisles on north and south; outer south aisle built 1539.
Between the steeple and the two storeyed north porch is a structure
formerly of two storeys, reputedly a priest's dwelling.
Chancel details of Woodyer, 1873. Church restored by Scott in 1888.
Notable painted wood panelled ceiling in chapel of north aisle circa 1390.
Originally thirteen pairs of arched and cinquefoiled panels, each one
painted with a full length figure on a vermilion background, standing on
a continuous vine stem and representing Old Testament prophets and Kings,
an unusual rendering of a Tree of Jesse, but with last four panels
depicting St Joseph and an Annunciation group. Pulpit 1636. Font by
H P Peyman of Abingdon is a copy of that at Sutton Courtenay, and was
shown at the 1851 Exhibition.
Twitty's Almshouses, Long Alley Almshouses, Brick Alley Almshouses and
church of St Helen form a group
Listing NGR: SU4969596775
Source: English Heritage
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