St Peter's Church, Helperthorpe

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The church, in 2006

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Helperthorpe, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

A church was first recorded in Helperthorpe in the 12th century. A new building was constructed in the 16th century,[1] and was restored in 1829, producing what was described as "a small edifice with a low tower".[2] By 1851 it was recorded as having only one regular worshipper, so the church was demolished and the parish merged into that of St Andrew's Church, Weaverthorpe.[1][3] Between 1872 and 1875, a new chapel of ease was constructed, commissioned by Sir Tatton Sykes, 5th Baronet. It was designed by George Edmund Street, who also designed a vicarage. In 1893, Temple Moore added a north aisle and a vestry. The building was grade II listed in 1966.[4]

The ceiling

The church is built of sandstone on a chamfered plinth, with a tile roof. The church consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel and a vestry, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with three stages on a moulded plinth, with a three-light west window, a string course, pointed bell openings with hood moulds, and a broach spire with bands, gablets and a weathercock. To the southeast of the tower is a half-hexagonal stair turret containing a statue in a niche under a gabled canopy. Inside, there is a circular baptismal font with a wood and iron cover, a stone pulpit and altar piece, and a wrought iron chancel screen. The pews were designed by Temple Moore, and the stained glass by Burlison and Grylls.[4][5]

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  1. ^ a b St Peter's Church Helperthorpe North Yorkshire (PDF). MAP Archaeological Consultancy. 2000. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. ^ Lewis, Samuel (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. London. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  3. ^ Wolfe, John (2000). Yorkshire Returns of the 1851 Census of Religious Worship. York: Borthwick Institute. ISBN 9781904497103.
  4. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Peter, Luttons (1149656)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  5. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7.