Description

SK 43 NE TROWELL NOTTINGHAM ROAD
(south side)

6/67 Church of St. Helen
13.10.66
G.V. II*

Parish church. C13, C14, C15. Restored 1836 and by Hodgson
Fowler, 1890. Coursed and squared rubble, ashlar and dressed
stone. Gabled and lean-to plain tile and felt roofs. Chamfered
and moulded plinths. Moulded eaves. Nave and chancel have coped
east gables with crosses. Windows all restored. West tower,
nave, north and south aisles, chancel, south porch. West tower,
C13 and C15, 2 stages, has moulded string course and eaves,
crenellated parapet and 4 corner buttresses. First stage has to
south, door, and to west, transomed triple lancet, C15, with
panel tracery and hood mould. Second stage has on each side a
rectangular opening and above it a cusped transomed double lancet
with hood mould and lintel band. To north, clock removed from
Nottingham Exchange. Rebuilt clerestory has moulded parapet and
rainwater heads dated 1836. On each side, 3 double lancets, C16
style, with coved reveals. North aisle, 3 bays, rebuilt late
C19, has 3 buttresses. West end has double lancet, C15, with
panel tracery and square headed reveal. North side has to east,
2 similar lancets. To west, chamfered C13 blocked door with hood
mould. East end has triple lancet, C16, with Tudor arched reveal
and hood mould. South aisle, 3 bays, C15, restored, has 3
buttresses. East end has triple lancet similar to north aisle.
South side has to east 2 C19 double lancets with panel tracery
and splayed reveals. West end has a similar window. Chancel,
C13, 2 bays. North side has a buttress. To west, C13 blocked
door with imposts, flanked by single C13 lancets on different
levels. All have hood moulds. East end has 2 flanking buttresses
and C19 triple lancet, C15 style, with panel tracery and hood
mould. South side has off-centre buttress and to west, C15
triple lancet with cusped ogee heads and square headed reveal.
To east, C15 double lancet with panel tracery and moulded reveal.
South porch, C13, has plain south doorway with imposts. Interior
has painted barrel vault with chamfered ribs. Inner doorway,
C19, Tudor arched and with hood mould. Tower arch, C13,
chamfered and rebated, with conical imposts, contains C20 organ
loft and gallery. Nave arcades, early C14, 3 bays, have unusual
broached octagonal bases and moulded capitals. Double chamfered
and rebated arches with conical imposts. Low pitched C19 purlin
roof. North and south aisles have lean-to roofs with carved
bosses to east. North aisle has stained glass War Memorial
window by P. & Q, c.1950. South aisle has memorial window, 1916.
Chancel arch matches tower arch and has C20 traceried screen with
cross. East end has early C20 gradine and traceried panelled
reredos. Stained glass window by Kempe, 1892. South side has to
east, superimposed rebated C13 aumbry and piscina. To its right,
cusped and moulded sedilia, C13. C19 matchboarded barrel vaulted
roof with arch braces on corbels. Fittings include C15 octagonal
font with quatrefoil and crenellated bands. C18 side table. C19
octagonal panelled pulpit and lectern with flying buttresses.
Early C20 stalls and desks. Late C19 benches with shaped ends.
Memorials include slate and alabaster wall tablet with apron and
crest with Arms and Latin inscription, 1668. 4 C18 brasses to
Evans family. 2 C19 brasses and marble tablet. Brass, 1837,
referring to benefactions. War Memorial brass, 1918. Wooden War
Memorial plaque, 1945.

Listing NGR: SK4837039743

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 October 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Helen's Church, Trowell at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15979360

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)