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St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church 20 photos

Rainham, Essex

St Helen & St Giles's Church

  • Locked, no keyholder details
  • 20 photos
  • Stained glass
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Locked – no keyholder details.
Built
Norman
Tower
Square tower (west) · Stone · Spire
Photographed
21/11/2003

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Exterior 4 photos

St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Exterior 1: This is one of Essex's best small Norman churches, being today, as it was from the start, of nave, with both north and south aisles of three bays, chancel, and a low, square west tower. St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Exterior 2 St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Exterior 3 St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Exterior 4: A blocked doorway in the north chancel wall.

Interior 10 photos

St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Interior 1: The chancel arch. St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Interior 2: Three stepped round headed lancet windows, with a large round window flanked by two narrow slits. St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Interior 3 St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Interior 4 St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Interior 5 St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Interior 6: Looking west from the chancel. St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Interior 7: The north arcade, showing the huge square piers. Note also, the two Early English wall arches, just to the left of the chancel arch. These constitute the only major later alteration. St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Interior 8 St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Interior 9 St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Interior 10

Stained Glass 1 photo

St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Stained Glass 1: These peculiar shaped clerestory windows are likely the result of an eighteenth century alteration.

Miscellaneous 2 photos

St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Miscellaneous 1 St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Miscellaneous 2: A cog, or two masted sailing boat. The church has opened a cafe across the road, named after this graffito. It is called "The Ship".

Postcard 3 photos

St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Postcard 1 St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Postcard 2: Printed in England by Beric Tempest & Co. Ltd., St Ives, Cornwall St Helen & St Giles, Rainham Church – Postcard 3: Dated 1975. One of a series of photos purchased on ebay. Photographer unknown.

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