St Helena's Church, West Leake

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St Helena's Church, West Leake
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St Helena's Church, West Leake
52°49′57″N01°13′06″W / 52.83250°N 1.21833°W / 52.83250; -1.21833
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Broad Church
History
Dedication St Helena
Administration
Province York
Diocese Southwell and Nottingham
Parish West Leake
Lychgate renovated March 2015 Lychgate St. Helena's West Leake.jpg
Lychgate renovated March 2015

St Helena's Church, West Leake is a parish church in the Church of England in West Leake, Nottinghamshire.

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The church is Grade II* listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport [1] as it is a particularly significant building of more than local interest. The grade II listed lychgate is possibly by the 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 the architect Henry Hall for Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper. [3]

Pipe organ

The church has a two manual pipe organ by J.M. Grunwell of Derby, dating from 1878. A specification for the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [4]

Church bells

The church has two bells in an open turret. [5] The bells were manufactured by Taylor's of Loughborough. [6]

Current parish status

It is in a group of parishes which includes:

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST HELENA (1242473)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Lychgate (1062034)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England). Harmondsworth, Middx.: Penguin. p. 374. ISBN   978-0300096361.
  4. ↑ "Nottinghamshire Leake, West, St. Helena, Main Street [N01467]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  5. ↑ http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/west-leake/pbells.jpg Image of bells
  6. ↑ http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/west-leake/hbells.php Church bells


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