St Helen's Church, Little Cawthorpe

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St Helen's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Little Cawthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Little Cawthorpe is about 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of the village of Legbourne, and 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Louth.

History: The church was built in 1860, and designed by Robert J. Withers. It was declared redundant in April 1996.

Exterior: St Helen's is constructed in red brick, with decoration in dark burnt brick. The dressings are in limestone ashlar, with some green sandstone and marble. The roofs are slated with red ridge tiles. It is a small church, seating only about 60 people. Its plan is simple, and consists of a nave with a south porch, a chancel, and a north vestry with a chimney. At the west end is a bellcote. On the roof at the east end, and at the junction between the nave and the chancel are wrought iron finials. The bellcote has hung slates in its lower part, above which is a row of star-shaped openings. On its summit is a broached spirelet surmounted by a weathercock...