← Database
St Martin

St Martin

North Stoke

Somerset

C12, altered C13

Architectural Features

C15 - C16

The west tower is probably C12, short and broad, of 2 stages with flat clasping buttresses, a plain parapet and short pinnacles

re-used Roman bricks on north side.

projecting and gabled with a 4-centred doorway under a dripmould with carved head stops

The south door is late C16 - early C17

The nave roof is late mediaeval

C19 pulpit in a Gothic style.

Late C12 or C13 font: ashlar

Monuments.

four Ward family Monuments, Richard died 1786, Richard died 1763, Francis died 1743 and Anny died 1723, classical and baroque, inscribed square tablets in aedicular surrounds, one with an open pediment and one with an enriched surround.

Tower-damaged monument to the Ward Family, 1770, by Ford of Bath