St. Helen's Church, Brant Broughton
St. Helen's Church
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipBroad Church
Administration
ProvinceProvince of Canterbury
DioceseDiocese of Lincoln
Clergy
Vicar(s)The Revd A J Megahey

St Helen's Church is an Anglican church in Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

History

St Helen's Church a medieval church dedicated to 'St Helen' dating from the 13th century. It was heavily restored by the Rector, Canon Frederick Heathcote Sutton and the architect George Frederick Bodley between 1874 and 1876.

The chancel (a rebuild of 1812) was entirely demolished by Bodley in 1874. He added the reredos in 1887. The bells were repaired and refurbished in 1881 by John Taylor of Loughborough.

The wrought ironwork, gates, railings, candlesticks and candelabra were made by the village blacksmith, F. Coldron.

Pevsner described the church as having "one of the most elegant spires of Lincolnshire".[2] The spire although reduced in height in 1897 is commonly misquoted as 198 feet (60 m) high. According to a survey in 2011 by architect Julian Flannery, the spire is actually 167 feet (51 metres) high.[3] Parts of the church date back to about 1290 though most dates back to about the late 14th century.

There is a late 15th-century German painting of the Ascension and a piece of Anglo Saxon interlace stonework in the vestry. Under the tower there are the remains of a 14th-century trinity which has the top half of God The Father missing. There are Green Man bosses to be found in the roof.

Incumbents

  • William Warburton 1728 – 1730
  •  ?
  • Revd H Houson ca 1839
  • Revd Canon Frederick Heathcote Sutton 1873 – 1889
  • Revd Canon Arthur Sutton 1889 – 1924
  •  ?

Organ

The organ is by Wordsworth and Maskell of Leeds installed in 1876. The organ case was added in 1906.[4]

Churchyard

The churchyard contains the war grave of a Royal Armoured Corps soldier of the Second World War.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST HELEN (1147497)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ↑ N. Pevsner & J. Harris, Lincolnshire; Buildings of England (1964), Vol. 27, p. 484
  3. ↑ Flannery, Julian (2016). Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. New York City, New York, United States: Thames and Hudson. pp. 192–197. ISBN 978-0-500-34314-2.
  4. ↑ National Pipe Organ Register.
  5. ↑ CWGC Casualty Record.

Sources

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