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St Martin

St Martin

Bremhill

Wiltshire

Anglican parish church, Anglo-Saxon origins, C1200, C13, C15, restored 1850

Architectural Features

Tower probably originally C13

refronted and raised in ashlar in C15

C15 work includes very large west angle buttresses, pointed west door with hood, 4-light west window, altered 1864 by W. Butterfield, string course and bell-stage with two Perpendicular style 2-light bell-openings each side, coved cornice with gargoyles, embattled parapet and angle pinnacles

Also C15 ashlar south side square stair tower with lean-to top against bell-stage, which has only a single light this side

Nave has Anglo-Saxon long-and-short work at north west angle

small Sanctus bellcote and C15 lean-to ashlar embattled 3-window aisles

Aisles have 3-light 4-centred end windows, angle buttresses, side buttresses, coved cornice with gargoyles and flat-headed large 3-light side windows with labels dependent from cornice

Within porch is fine tierceron star stone vault with carved bosses and moulded 4- centred inner door with hood

Heavily restored chancel arch with massive round piers, leaf caps and moulded pointed arch, C13 in style

South aisle has east end vestry screened by C19 timber screen incorporating C15 carved work and with C19 shouldered stone door from nave

Fittings: c1200 circular font with bands of semi-circular scales and rope-moulded bands above and below

Stone Perpendicular style pulpit with canted front

said to be C15

pews incorporating panels of C15 carved work

C19 carved wood lectern in nave

Under tower, tiled floor, and carved inscription by Butterfield commemorating window restoration 1864

Faded glass by Hardman (Pevsner). South aisle stained glass to Eddrup family, west window 1903, south windows c1887 and 1879

North aisle west fine armorial glass of c1900, by Kempe, and one north window of 1897 possibly also by Kempe

Chancel has east window glass of c1907 by Tower and two small lancets of c1860

Monuments: in chancel exceptional Baroque marble monument with bust, putti, twisted columns and emblems of peace and war to G. Hungerford, died 1697, wall plaques to Rev J. Wilson died 1724 and to Rev N. Hume died 1804 (by King). Fine armorial floor slabs to W. Hungerford and Rev J. Tounson, died 1697