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St Martin

Witcham

Cambridgeshire

C13 west tower, part of nave arcade and chancel.

Architectural Features

C14 nave.

Restorations of 1691 (dated brick in tower), includes much of the red brickwork and of C19.

West tower C13 with much of the wall rebuilt in 1691 and a north west buttress in C20.

C13 west lancet window with hollow moulding and deeply splayed rear arch.

Nave, C13 origin but rebuilt in C14 when the aisles were added.

The original gable of the C13 nave roof is visible in the west wall.

The south aisle has at the west end a C13 lancet window partly rebuilt.

The south porch is C13 in origin but the walls are probably C15 with C17 roof.

The gable end wall is of red brick with a reset C13 outer arch of dressed limestone.

Single lancet in south wall and two C15 windows, restored, in square heads.

The east window is C19, but the evidence for the C13 lancets, probably graduated, is visible internally and externally.

The north wall of the chancel has two C13 lancets and a C13 doorway, blocked, having a two centred single chamfered arch.

North aisle of nave has three windows, C13

Interior: C13 west tower arch, two centred and of two chamfered orders with a label.

Two centred arches of two chamfered orders, similar to that of the C13 tower arch.

The piers are however C14.

The jackposts to the tiebeams are carried on original carved corbels.

Chancel arch C14, is two centred and of two chamfered orders on half octagonal responds with moulded capitals and splayed bases.

Wall monuments: North side of chancel.

Chancel screen: C16.

Pulpit, C15 is of clunch and rare.

Some C16 pews remain at the west end of the nave.

The chamfers each have a grotesque mask and the sides are carved in low relief with an angel, two dragons and an eagle.