St. Helena's Church, West Leake
Coordinates: 52°49′57″N 01°13′06″W / 52.83250°N 1.21833°W
| St. Helena's Church, West Leake | |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| History | |
| Dedication | St. Helena |
| Administration | |
| Parish | West Leake |
| Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
| Province | York |
Lychgate renovated March 2015
St. Helena's Church, West Leake is a parish church in the Church of England in West Leake, Nottinghamshire.
The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport[1] as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest. The grade II listed lychgate is possibly by architect Temple Moore.[2]
History
The church was medieval, parts of the north wall dating from the 12th Century [1] but restored in 1878 by architect Henry Hall for Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper.[3]
Pipe Organ
The church has a two manual pipe organ by Grunwell dating from 1878. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register
Current parish status
It is in a group of parishes which includes:
- St. Giles' Church, Costock
- St. Mary's Church, East Leake
- All Saints' Church, Rempstone
- St. Helena's Church, West Leake
- Church of St. John the Baptist, Stanford on Soar
References
- Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project St Helena West Leake
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST HELEN (1242473)". National Heritage List for England.
- ↑ Historic England. "Lychgate (1062034)". National Heritage List for England.
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England). Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin. p. 374. ISBN 978-0300096361.