Church Of The Most Holy Sacrement

BURTON CONSTABLE MARTON LANE TA 13 NE (east side) Marton 6/12 Church of the Most Holy Sacrament - II Church. 1788-89 with later additions and alterations including mid C19 extension to east and C20 porch to west. By Thomas Atkinson for William Constable. Pinkish-brown brick in English garden wall bond with Welsh slate roof. Single tall storey, 3 bays with single-bay extension to east and porch to west. Entrance a double plank door to south side of porch under round arch. Within, to west end of church a 6-fielded-panel door. West end has 16-pane sash to right of door and to gable a 16-pane window with radial glazing to head. South side has 3 round-arched windows, the 2 westernmost are 16-pane windows with radial glazing to heads, to east a stained-glass window (dated 1946); all under header arches. Brick copings to all gables. Interior. To west end a gallery on 4 Doric columns. To north side an arcade of blank round-arched recesses with raised imposts, similar arcade to south contains windows. Moulded cornice. Segmental vault. Shallow chancel bay with wall paintings. Neoclassical marble wall monument, a female figure and urn, to Mary Chichester d 1815 by Tyley of Bristol. Remains of box pews to west. Inscribed on brass plaque to entrance: "DEO IMMORTALI / AEDES HAS SACRAS / EREXIT / GULIEMUS CONSTABLE / A.D. / DMDCCLXXXIX" Abutts former prebendary to north. Pevsner N, Yorkshire, York and The East Riding, 1978; p 312.

Listing NGR: TA1891638653