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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17528425

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)