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St Martin

Welton

Northamptonshire

C15 with earlier tower

Architectural Features

Chancel, which is of 2 bays has 2 restored C15 windows to south and one to north and one restored C15 window to east

Small C15 priest's door to south has moulded arch and later wood door

3 restored C15 windows to south with one at east and one at west, and 3 to north with one C14 window at west

Hood moulds and label stops, some carved

Tower is of 3 storeys, to west at first stage a single pointed lancet, chamfered and with hood mould, probably C14

Third stage, which is slightly set back, has three C14 sandstone windows of Reticulated tracery, all with hood moulds

Corbel table to top stage with carved faces

Interior: chancel window to east surmounted by hood mould with carved foliage label stops

The roof is C19 and rests upon carved foliage corbels

C14 piscina in south wall is cusped

Chancel arch, which is C15, is chamfered and has polygonal respond shafts below capitals

Nave is 4-bay double-chamfered arcade with C15 polygonal piers upon plinths, with responds to west wall and chancel

Roof is mostly C19 and C20 restoration, perhaps with some reused C15 beams in aisles

Pulpit was carved by villagers in 1899

C19 stained glass in 2 chancel windows and in west wall tower

Series of C17, C18 and early C19 memorial tablets set in walls of chancel and nave are dedicated to the Clarke family, some having been carved by Cox of Daventry

Corbel set into wall is late medieval and probably reset, whilst simply moulded stone font is of later date. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1973, pp.456-7).

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