St Paul's Church, Helsby

St Paul's Church, Helsby
St Paul's Church, Helsby, from the south
St Paul's Church, Helsby Location in Cheshire
Coordinates: 53°16′39″N 2°45′40″W / 53.2775°N 2.7612°W / 53.2775; -2.7612
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 Minshull
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1868
Completed	1909
Specifications
Materials	Yellow sandstone Green Westmorland slate roofs
Administration
Parish	St Paul, Helsby
Deanery	Frodsham
Archdeaconry	Chester
Diocese	Chester
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Margaret Saville

St Paul's Church is in the village of Helsby, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, 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.

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.

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. The style of the architecture is Early English. Over the west end of the nave is a towerless spire covered in slate. The windows are lancets with simple tracery.

In the churchyard are two structures also listed at Grade II. At the entrance to the churchyard is a lychgate dating from 1911, consisting of an oak frame on low stone plinth. It has a green slate roof that has ornate bargeboards and finials. Inside the churchyard and overlooking the road is a war memorial dating from 1920. This is in sandstone and consists of a Celtic cross decorated with vine patterns and inscribed with the names of those lost in both World Wars. The churchyard also contains the war grave, east of the church, of a Second World War soldier.