St Martin

Coursed limestone rubble with tiled and slate roofs having decorative ridge tiles.

As the paired belfry lights are of C11 character this shows that the tower base must be Saxon.

The north wall of the tower has a C19 lancet to ground stage, the cill of which is C13.

The 2 bay nave arcades are basically of the early C13, having on the north side slightly keeled quatrefoil clustered piers with annular abaci, double chamfered arches and C19 moulded hood and stops, and in the south side are clustered circular piers with quatrefoil hobnail abaci, double chamfered arches and octagonal responds.

The chancel has blank arcading round the walls in a C13 style, it springs from a chamfered string course with marble shafts and limestone arches having annular decorated capitals.

Below the string course the walls are lined with impressed glazed tiles and above are fine red facing bricks with tiled borders and flush white marble lozenges, some of which are inscribed to members of the Haigh family.

All fittings are from 1861 including the drum font lightly carved in semblance of C12 work.

The rounded ashlar pulpit has paired black marble collar shafts and foliate decoration.

Early English revival pulpit in St.Martin's church

© Richard Croft