Description

SD 81 SE ROCHDALE VICARAGE ROAD NORTH

6/118 Church of Saint Martin

G.V. II

Church. 1860-2. Ernest Bates. Coursed rubble with slate roof. Nave with clerestory, aisles, transepts and a north- west tower and entrance. Chancel with vestry to either side. In a late C13 style. 4-bay clerestory and aisle with 3-light openings to clerestory and 2-light to aisle which has weathered buttresses and corbelled eaves. The 3-storey tower has an arched doorway, angle buttresses, 2 2-light enriched openings to the belfry and quatrefoil banding. The spire has broach statues with corbelled canopies and a gabled lucarne to each cardinal face. The transepts have angled buttresses, 4-light windows and coped gables. The 2- bay chancel has 2-light windows and a 5-light east window. Interior: alternating circular and octagonal nave arcade columns with double chamfered arches. The nave roof has arched braced king-post trusses. The chancel arch has clustered columns and the chancel a barrel-vault ceiling.

Listing NGR: SD8847210225

External Links

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