St Helen, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
Architect/Designer | Browning, Edward (1816-1882) |
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Wheathampstead |
Subject Date | 1390 |
Image Date | 1968 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Medieval |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/CHU/147 (ES3667.4) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Flint ; Belfries, bell towers ; Spires ; Churches ; Restoration ; Cemeteries |
NOTES: Originally a Norman cruciform church, the plan of the present church was completed by the end of the 14th century. The central tower dates from around 1290 while the leaden brooch spire is a reconstruction of a Medieval version added during the restoration work of 1865-1866 carried out by Edward Browning.
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