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St Martin

St Martin

Bulmer

North Yorkshire

C11 nave with inserted C12, C15 and C18 features, C15 tower with datestone on parapet of 1637, chancel rebuilt during 1893 restoration by Demaine and Brierley.

Architectural Features

Illegible memorial slab with Greek key border to south face.

Nave: irregular fenestration, consisting to south of 2 deeply-splayed round-headed C11 windows flanking C18/C19 porch, two 2-light

one 3-light C15 square-headed windows and 3 C18 square- headed windows, that to right flanked by 2 headstops and incorporating mass dial in left jamb.

Porch contains C12 round-headed door of 2 orders on moulded capitals, and has large memorial slab with Greek key border on external east wall commemorating Christopher Thompson, blacksmith at Castle Howard, died 1773.

To north, nave has blocked C12 narrow round-headed doorway of one plain order with hoodmould, beneath 2-light C15 square-headed window, with deeply-splayed round-headed window to left.

Interior contains the head of a Saxon wheel-cross over blocked north doorway.

To east end of nave north wall is an effigy of Sir John de Bulmer, died c1270-1280, with shield on left shoulder bearing lion rampant over grave slab with complex relief floriate cross and sword.

Flush panel octagonal C18 pulpit.

Taylor and Taylor 'Anglo-Saxon Architecture' 1965.