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Stone church building with a tiled roof, pointed tower spire, and three upright cross grave markers in a grassy churchyard.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn

St Helena and St Mary

Listed Building

Parish Church. C12 nave arcades, north and south aisles, and south wall of chancel. Tower and flanking aisles C13. Transepts and south porch C14, chancel rebuilt late C14 and clerestory added. Restorations 1875-6 and 1912.

The octagonal, lead-covered spire of Bourn church rises from a stone battlemented tower against a bright blue sky.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

Interior view of a stone church with wooden pews on either side of a red carpeted aisle leading to a central rood screen.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

A dark, circular wooden font cover with carved floral motifs and a twisted metal ring handle, bearing the date A.D. 1897.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

Several red and white striped bell ropes hang down in a curve in front of a tall stone window with leaded diamond panes.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

A stone wall features a small arched niche next to a larger triple-arched recess with trefoil details and slender columns.

Bourn, piscina and sedilia, late 14th cent. (RCHM)

A stone church featuring a tall, slender leaded spire atop a battlemented tower, surrounded by trees and a graveyard.

Bourn Church (RCHM)

Interior of a stone church featuring a row of octagonal pillars with carved capitals supporting pointed arches above wooden pews.

Bourn Church (RCHM)

Interior view of stone arches, pillars, and a circular window within the nave of a church with wooden pews in the foreground.

Bourn Church (RCHM)

A wooden church door set within a deeply recessed, pointed arch featuring concentric stone mouldings and flanking columns.

Bourn Church 13th cent. (RCHM)

A dark stone memorial plaque with white-engraved Latin text commemorating Erasmus Ferrar, dated 1609.

Bourn church, Erasmus Ferrar monument 1609 (RCHM)

Printed document from John Taylor & Co. offering instructions for church steeple-keepers on the maintenance of bell fittings.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

A document listing the inscriptions found on the church bells of St Helena and St Mary in Bourn, including donor details.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

A printed document announcing the 1924 dedication of church bells at St. Mary and Helena, Bourn, with service details below.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

A document detailing a bell-ringing event for the coronation of King Charles III at St Helena and St Mary, Bourn.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

Stained glass window divided into two panels featuring religious figures, a shepherd with sheep, and children in gothic frames.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

Stained glass window featuring a central standing figure flanked by two kneeling figures, with decorative heraldic panels above.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

Gothic arched stained glass window showing scenes of the Nativity and Christ with children, with memorial text at the base.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

Stained glass oval panel showing a woman kneeling before a baby, a man holding a staff, and an ox head near a wooden manger.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

A printed list titled Vicars of Bourn featuring names and dates from 1275 to 2011, flanked by two colourful heraldic shields.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

A stone memorial plaque on a wall with carved black lettering and a small heraldic shield in the top right corner.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

Rounded grey headstone with deeply carved white lettering for Robert Algar, 1934-2012, Lettering Artist, Remembered and Loved.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

A rounded grey stone grave marker inscribed with the words HAPPY IS HE WHO WORKS, set among fallen leaves and greenery.

St Helena and St Mary, Bourn (RGL2023)

Building dates

Built 1100–1199

Source for this date

Built 1100–1199: Listed building: C12

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