St Helen, Seaview
St Helen, Seaview
St Helen’s Church on Eddington Road, between St Helens and Nettlestone on the Isle of Wight, is a Grade II parish church of 1717, rebuilt in 1829, in the Diocese of Portsmouth.
- Location
- Seaview, Isle of Wight
- Country
- England
- County
- Isle of Wight
- City / town
- Seaview
- Address
- Eddington Road, Seaview, Isle of Wight, PO34 5EF
- Postcode
- PO34 5EF
- Built
- 1717; rebuilt 1829; chancel 1862
- Consecrated
- 1719
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Helen
- Diocese
- Portsmouth
- Parish
- St Helens St Helen
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Georgian Gothic
- Materials
- Stone rubble with brick quoins
- Grid reference
- SZ 625 899
- Opening hours
- Usually open from 8.30am until dusk.
Overview
The medieval church of St Helena stood on St Helens Duver until the sea claimed it. A new church was built about a mile inland in 1717 and consecrated in 1719. Historic England records a rebuild of 1829 and a chancel of 1862. The present building is cruciform, of stone rubble with brick quoins, with a crenellated west tower compared in the list entry to St Thomas, Ryde. Windows are pointed, with wooden Y-tracery. There are transepts but no aisles.
Wall tablets commemorate Sir Nash Grose (d. 1814) and Edward Grose (d. 1815). The church stands in a large churchyard in the civil parish of Nettlestone and Seaview and remains the parish church of St Helens. It is served with neighbouring churches through the Haven Churches group.