St. Helen's Church, Stapleford

The church is medieval. A clerestory was built with four perpendicular windows towards the end of the fifteenth century. In 1785 a classical porch and doorway was added. A gallery was erected across the west end. The walls were plastered and the roof covered by a flat ceiling. Some repairs were carried out in 1819. in 1875-77 a major restoration was undertaken. The brick buttresses on the north side were removed and the walls were underpinned. A new aisle, organ, chamber and vestry were erected. The roofs were replaced completed and the gallery taken down. The windows were renovated and the east window was fitted with stained glass by the Munich Company. A rood screen and chancel stalls of…