St Helen's Church, Darley Dale

St Helen’s Church, Darley Dale
St Helen’s Church, Darley Dale
Coordinates: 53°09′46.51″N 1°36′9.75″W / 53.1629194°N 1.6027083°W
Location	Darley Dale
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St Helen
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II* listed[1]
Administration
Parish	Darley
Deanery	Wirksworth
Archdeaconry	Chesterfield
Diocese	Diocese of Derby

St Helen’s Church, Darley Dale is a Grade II* listed^[2][1] parish church in the Church of England in Darley Dale, Derbyshire.^[3]

History

The church has elements of architecture from the Norman to the Perpendicular Gothic periods. It was restored and enlarged between 1854 and 1855 at a cost of £1,300 by Henry Isaac Stevens and was reopened on 24 April 1855.^[4]

The church was restored again in 1908 by the architect Percy Heylyn Currey.^[5]

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with:

• Mission Room, Over Hackney
• St Mary the Virgin's Church, South Darley
• St John the Baptist's Church, Winster

Monuments

• Sir Joseph Whitworth (churchyard)

Organ

The church contains a pipe organ by Brindley and Foster.. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.^[6]

References

1. Historic England. "Parish Church of St Helen  (Grade II*) (1247836)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
2. "Parish Church of St Helen, Darley Dale". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
3. The Buildings of England. Derbyshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Yale University Press. 1978. ISBN 0140710086
4. "Reopening of the parish church of Darley Dale". Derby Mercury. Derby. 25 April 1837. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
5. "Darley Dale". Derbyshire Courier. Derby. 14 November 1908. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
6. "NPOR N05328". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 4 April 2015.