Description

MARTIN (east side) SU 0719 13/5 Church of All Saints

30.9.64 I

Parish church. C12 origins, C13 tower added, C14 south transept added and chancel remodelled, C15 north transept and tower rebuilt, C16 north aisle/ chapel built and chancel arch moved 1 bay to east, spire C18, C19 restoration when porch rebuilt. Rubble stone and flint, stone dressings, plain tile roof. Chancel has C14 windows, east restored C19, others 2-light trefoiled, trefoil in head, 5 door N aisle/chapel has C16 windows, to north 5-light, and door; and in north transept part C15 windows. To S in east bay of nave (once chancel) remains of C13 S door, C19 window. In S transept mid C14 trefoiled windows. On north nave wall 2 C15 windows restored C19, between C12 blocked doorway of square jambs under plain tympanum. On south crude window and hip-roofed porch. Arch and door C14 with earlier stones. Tower buttressed, lower stage C13, upper C15 with bell openings, parapet and recessed octagonal spire C18. Inside chancel south-east trefoiled piscina, old rear arches, squint and C16 4-centred arch, shafted responds and bell capitals, from north aisle. Chancel arch C16, octagonal responds and moulded capitals. Nave has in north-east similar arch from aisle. C15 2-centred transept arches. C13 tower arch and outline of steeper roof above. In north aisle, north window in wider 4-centred rear arch, recess below for tomb. In south transept trefoiled piscina and paintings on jambs suggest Lady Chapel. Roofs C16 with moulded ribs and beams, plaster removed in chancel; transept roofs C16. Pulpit has C16 carved panels. C18 baluster font. VCH; Vol 4; 1911; p592-4. Building of England; Pevsner; 1966; p330.

Listing NGR: SP1291418787

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)