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St Martin

St Martin

Lowthorpe

East Riding of Yorkshire

Chancel about 1330, C15 tower, raised in C18, nave rebuilt in C19, C19 south porch.

Architectural Features

C16 east window of 4 lights with mullions and transoms.

Interior: nave has C14 double-chamfered pointed chancel arch on moulded capitals with rosettes and stylised fig leaves.

Fragment of a brass in north wall: knight and part of accompanying inscription, 1443. (The matrix for this brass lies in the chancel floor).

C14 recumbent effigy of a couple carved as if partly concealed beneath a tree with shields at the roots and 6 branches to each side, each branch terminating in the head of a child.

West wall bears a memorial to John Newton erected by his widow Jane and giving old style and new style dates together with some verses previously written by the deceased and his wife.

To the south, a memorial to their children 1735.

Large collection of inscribed and architectural fragments. 'The chancel of the Church of Saint Martin is scheduled as an Ancient Monument.