St Helen, Burghwallis
St Helen, Burghwallis
St Helen’s is the Grade I parish church of Burghwallis, South Yorkshire, an Anglo-Saxon and medieval church with herringbone rubble, in the Diocese of Sheffield.
- Location
- Burghwallis, Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Yorkshire
- City / town
- Burghwallis
- Address
- Grange Lane, Burghwallis, Yorkshire, DN6 9JL
- Postcode
- DN6 9JL
- Built
- 10th–11th century nave; 12th century; 14th–16th century alterations; restored 1864 and 1883
- Architect
- J. L. Pearson (1883 restoration)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Helen
- Diocese
- Sheffield
- Parish
- Burghwallis
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Anglo-Saxon; Gothic
- Materials
- Rubble, partly herringbone; red tile roofs
- Grid reference
- SE 536 120
- Opening hours
- Key available from the churchwardens or by appointment.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic England dates the church to the tenth–eleventh and twelfth centuries, with fourteenth- to sixteenth-century alterations, restored in 1864 and 1883. Materials are rubble, partly laid in herringbone, with red tile roofs. The plan is west tower, three-bay nave with south porch, and a narrower three-bay chancel with north vestry. The tower’s lower stages are thirteenth-century, the embattled top stage fifteenth-century, with gargoyles and crocketed pinnacles. The gabled porch has an altered Saxon south doorway with a segmental head beneath a round arch.
Interior fittings recorded in the listing include a pre-Reformation altar stone reinstated in 1930, stone sedilia, and a possibly early font bowl. The 1883 restoration is attributed to J. L. Pearson. The church was listed Grade I on 5 June 1968 (NHLE 1151457).