Jim Hellyer
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Jim Hellyer
@jshellyer.bsky.social
all photos my own…
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All the furnishings are by George Pace, 1963. The combined pulpit and reading desk are under the biggest tester I think I've ever seen!
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Lychgate with a little pyramidal clock turret at Maentwrog.

Designed by Douglas & Fordham, 1897

the church itself, St Twrog’s, is down a slope & below the village, so hidden from view
January 28, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Boldly carved early 20th century altar rail at St Michael’s, Burwell (Lincolnshire)

Just look at the size of those grapes!
January 28, 2026 at 9:32 AM
a fine thing to be seen at Christ Church, Cheylesmore - a modern tester! Every pulpit should ‘ave one (look naked if not)

A most elegant number, this. Bit like a water biscuit

(designed by AH Gardener & Partners, 1957, although those mini carvings are by John Skelton)
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Bold interwar job by CM Hadfield in Hillsborough, Sheffield

Sacred Heart (RC) - opened March 1936

looking at that sheer brick apse with minimal Deco detailing, can’t help thinking the architect must have known Cachemaille-Day’s seminal St Nicholas, Burnage (1930-2)? Many similarities
January 26, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Choir stalls of 1897 by Henry Wilson (no less) at St Matthew, Sheffield

A bendy otter gets the fish
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 PM