Church of St Helen, Longhorsley (Longhorsley)
St Helen's. Nave and lower chancel. Front with lancets, a quatrefoil window above and a castellated double bell-cote. Three wide side lancets of typical !church warden! dimensions. Trefoiled chancel arch. Stained glass in the east window by Sarah Elizabeth Ames of Linden in 1868. (1)
The church of St Helen stands in a field called 'Elleage', half a mile south of the village - unknown why it was built so far away. Nothing remains of the 'old building, with its Norman arch and marble pillars'. The font was described as 'fantastically curious and barbarously painted'. (2)
Parish church on medieval site, rebuilt 1783. Chancel 1798, vestry 19th century. Gothick style. Front wall of porch removed to the present parish church in 1982. Most fittings removed. The ground plan with asymmetric layout of the nave suggests the south and west nave walls, and possibly the chancel, lie on medieval foundations. The church was last used in 1966 and was derelict at time of survey. (3)
The church of St Helen stands in a field called 'Elleage', half a mile south of the village - unknown why it was built so far away. Nothing remains of the 'old building, with its Norman arch and marble pillars'. The font was described as 'fantastically curious and barbarously painted'. (2)
Parish church on medieval site, rebuilt 1783. Chancel 1798, vestry 19th century. Gothick style. Front wall of porch removed to the present parish church in 1982. Most fittings removed. The ground plan with asymmetric layout of the nave suggests the south and west nave walls, and possibly the chancel, lie on medieval foundations. The church was last used in 1966 and was derelict at time of survey. (3)
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