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windows. Outside these arcades are lower arcades forming separate passages. There are more arcades, one is between the chancel and the north chapel, and the other between the chancel and the south vestry. Above these is an organ left on the north, and a minstrels' gallery on the south. In the
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draw attention to the church's position as "the focal point of the town and a prominent landmark". They describe the interior as being "spatially masterful, and subtle everywhere and in every detail".
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1041:, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London:
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695:Listed buildings in St Helens, Merseyside
1039:Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West
429:. It is an active parish church in the
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35:The Church of St Helen
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594:Renaissance
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1064:Categories
701:References
610:pipe organ
562:clerestory
523:buttresses
492:clerestory
411:Merseyside
322:Warrington
228:Designated
196:Dedication
132:Merseyside
116:SJ 513 953
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636:Appraisal
512:embattled
476:Decorated
468:sandstone
407:St Helens
378:Reader(s)
363:Curate(s)
342:St Helens
311:Liverpool
280:Completed
128:St Helens
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689:See also
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538:Interior
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462:Exterior
353:Vicar(s)
294:Province
223:Grade II
152:Anglican
123:Location
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675:deanery
673:in the
652:Pevsner
602:Te Deum
596:style.
574:reredos
567:sedilia
555:moulded
547:arcades
528:parapet
516:tracery
504:narthex
490:with a
488:chancel
451:narthex
437:History
328:Deanery
306:Diocese
180:History
170:Website
141:England
138:Country
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628:, the
607:manual
590:tester
586:pulpit
578:niches
520:canted
500:vestry
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486:and a
347:Clergy
338:Parish
252:Church
215:Active
185:Status
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558:piers
549:with
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372:Laity
259:Style
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