St Helen, Brant Broughton

St Helen’s is a Grade I parish church on Church Walk, Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, in the Diocese of Lincoln and the parish of Brant Broughton with Stragglethorpe.

Overview

Historic England records fabric of the eleventh, thirteenth, late fourteenth and early sixteenth centuries, with work of 1812 and a restoration of 1873–76 by G. F. Bodley for Canon Frederick Sutton. Bodley rebuilt the early-nineteenth-century chancel and added a vestry and north chapel in a late Decorated style. The plan is a west steeple, aisled nave with porches, and chancel with north chapel and vestry, in limestone ashlar with lead roofs. Battlements to nave and aisles carry shields; the chancel has a quatrefoil parapet, all with crocketed pinnacles and gargoyles. The spire rises to 198 feet, with a clock of 1881 by William Potts of Leeds.

The interior has three-bay nave arcades on tall octagonal piers and a carefully restored early-sixteenth-century angel nave roof, elaborately painted. Bodley designed the choir stalls, pulpit and chancel screen (1890); T. Garner made the font cover in 1889. The chancel has a painted wood-and-plaster lierne vault and a marble reredos incorporating a late-fifteenth-century German Ascension. Canon Sutton designed most of the stained glass, candlesticks and candelabra; the east windows are by Burlison and Grylls.

Further Information

• Historic England list entry 1147497
• British Listed Buildings: Church of St Helen