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St Martin

Chipping Ongar

Essex

Chancel and Nave, built of coursed flint rubble with jambs and quoins of brick, and some tile courses in walls.

Architectural Features

Red plain tiled roofs with pierced ridge tiles and Cl8 hipped dormer windows to each side of Nave.

The Cl5 Bell Turret at the West end has 2 uprights, curved braces, and chamfered wall plates to W wall and 2 curved struts forming a 2 centre arch to S. The E main supports cut short at level of Cl9 gallery.

The Cl9 East window of 3 lights, has c.1300 splays with moulded 2 centre rear arch with attached shafts with moulded capitals and bases.

Stained glass by Leonard Walker 1929. (Window of St. George in S aisle also by him).

A marble monument on the South wall to Mrs. Mitford 1776 by Nollekens.

The Chancel roof has 4 different roof systems, the most recent has 3 pendants one of which is dated W.S. 1647.

The N. doorway is now blocked and has remains of semi-circular rear arch, external jambs and a fragmentary relieving arch of tiles.

The Cl5 nave roof is of 7 cants with collar purlins and cross quadrate crownposts, traceried spandrels to cambered tie beams braces.

Roof with centre purlin with bosses to alternate rafters, and carved angels to alternate rafter feet.

Pulpit of oak, hexagonal with moulded top and jewel and arabesque ornamentation.

The Font, reputed to be Cl5, square, with corner pillars and curved braces to a centre panel with 2 cusped trefoil head lights to each face on a modern base.

2 heavily carved, six leg low tables.