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St Paul's Church, Helsby 
St Paul's Church, Helsby, from the southLocation in Cheshire
St Paul's Church, HelsbyCoordinates: 53°16′39″N 2°45′40″W / 53.2775°N 2.7612°W OS grid reference SJ 493 758 Location Helsby, Cheshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website St Paul's Helsby History Dedication Saint Paul Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 6 December 1985 Architect(s) John Douglas
Douglas and MinshullArchitectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Groundbreaking 1868 Completed 1909 Specifications Materials Yellow sandstone
Green Westmorland slate roofsAdministration Parish St Paul, Helsby Deanery Frodsham Archdeaconry Chester Diocese Chester Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Revd Margaret Saville St Paul's Church, Helsby is in the village of Helsby, Cheshire, England. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building,[1] and is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Frodsham. Its benefice is combined with that of St Luke, Dunham-on-the-Hill.[2]
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History
The church was built between 1868 and 1870 to a design by the Chester architect John Douglas. The south aisle and chapel were added in 1909 and designed by Douglas and Minshull.[3]
Architecture
The church is built in yellow sandstone with green Westmorland slate roofs. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave, a south aisle, transepts and a polygonal apsidal chancel.[1] The style of the architecture is Early English.[3] Over the west end of the nave is a towerless spire covered in slate. The windows are lancets with simple tracery.[1]
See also
- List of new churches by John Douglas
References
- ^ a b c "Church of St Paul, Helsby", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1253457, retrieved 6 May 2011
- ^ Helsby, St Paul, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/helsby-st-paul/, retrieved 9 October 2009
- ^ a b Hartwell, Claire; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 394, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
Categories:- Church of England churches in Cheshire
- Grade II listed churches
- Grade II listed buildings in Cheshire
- Gothic Revival architecture in Cheshire
- Religious buildings completed in 1870
- Religious buildings completed in 1909
- 19th-century Church of England church buildings
- John Douglas buildings
- Diocese of Chester
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