Our Lady Help of Christians and St Helen's Church, Westcliff-on-Sea

St Helen's Church
Our Lady Help of Christians and St Helen's Church
The church in May 2024
51°32′17″N 0°41′59″E / 51.538097°N 0.699845°E / 51.538097; 0.699845
OS grid referenceTQ8732085592
LocationWestcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationRoman Catholic
Website
History
StatusParish church
Founded1867
Founder(s)Countess Helen Tasker
Consecrated12 August 1919
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II listed
Designated26 November 2014
Architect(s)Thomas Goodman and Alexander Scoles
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking8 October 1868
Completed1903
Construction cost£1,700
Administration
ProvinceWestminster
DioceseBrentwood
DeanerySouthend

St Helen's Church (formally Our Lady Help of Christians and St Helen's Church) is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Westcliff-on-Sea in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. It was founded in 1862 and built in 1867. Further extensions were made to the church from 1898 to 1903, designed by Alexander Scoles. It is situated on Milton Road near to the corner of St Helen's Road, next to St Bernard's High School. It is a Gothic Revival church, the first post-Reformation Catholic church to be built in Southend and a Grade II listed building.