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St Martin

St Martin

Burton Agnes

East Riding of Yorkshire

C11 origins with mid-C12 north arcade, C13 south arcade, north chantry of 1313, C15 clerestory and tower, C18 north side of chancel, otherwise rebuilding of 1840.

Architectural Features

Above, a 3-light Perpendicular window with partly re-cut mullions under hoodmould with angel stops, on cavetto-moulded continuous sill band.

Eaves band with gargoyles at diagonals, battlements.

Gargoyles.

C19 hammer-beam roof with angel stops.

Drum-shaped Norman font with tall thin blank arcading, re-tooled.

Woodwork: pulpit of c1700.

Monuments.

Neo-classical wall monument to Thomas Dade, d 1759.

Pointed-arched, triple-chamfered tomb recess with tomb chest decorated with quatrefoils to Roger de Somerville, d 1337, and his wife Maud, d 1317.

Late C15 alabaster tomb chest decorated with figures of saints with reclining figures of Sir Walter Griffith, d 1481 and his wife Jane Nevill.

Memorial to Sir Henry Griffith and his two wives. The central tablet informs us that "As appears by the Arms one was a Willoughby and he other a Bellingham."  The base bears two carved panels showing a macabre collection of skeletal bones. It dates from 1654.

Elaborate marble wall monument to Sir Henry Griffith, d 1645, and his 2 wives, with 3 effigies replaced by 3 black coffins, columns and curtains to sides and base decorated with death's heads, cartouche above.

Memorial to Sir Henry Griffith and his two wives. The central tablet informs us that "As appears by the Arms one was a Willoughby and he other a Bellingham." The base bears two carved panels showing a macabre collection of skeletal bones. It dates from 1654.

© Derek Voller

Wall monument to Sir Henry Griffith, d 1620, and wife Elizabeth.

2 painted hatchments.

Chancel has Baroque wall monument to Sir Griffith Boynton, d 1761.

Neo-classical wall monument to Sir Griffith Boynton, d 1778.

Stained glass.

In the north aisle east window kneeling C18 figures of Sir Roger de Somerville and wife Maude.

East window and other chancel glass by Wailes.

In south aisle glass by Kempe.