Church of Saint Martin is a Grade II* listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. Church.
Church of Saint Martin
- WRENN ID
- sombre-chalk-moss
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds MP: Charlie Dewhirst (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of Saint Martin, Yapham
- OS grid reference
- SE 788 519
- Coordinates
- 53.95775, -0.79928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Martin is a church that likely dates back to the 13th century but was raised in the 19th century. It is constructed of random rubble with some ashlar and partly rendered, with later alterations made in brick. The building features a timber bellcote and a clay tile roof. It has a five-bay nave and chancel combined, along with a west bellcote and a south porch. The exterior includes diagonal and angle buttresses with offsets, a 19th-century three-light west window with rendered brick mullions, and a small segmental-headed window with iron glazing bars on the south elevation. The remaining two windows on this side are square-headed, each with three lights and 19th-century brick mullions. The pointed south door has a continuous chamfer, while another segmental-headed door features an incised heart on the keyblock of the arch, although the inscription on the heart is no longer legible. The pointed three-light east window has 19th-century tracery, and the bellcote is louvred. The gables are raised and coped, supported by shaped kneelers.
Inside, there is an 18th-century rectangular pulpit made of raised and fielded panels, complete with elegant brass candleholders. The font, dating from the 12th century, has a shallow circular basin on a cylindrical pier, resting on an unusual broad shallow base that may have been a millstone. The interior also features 18th-century turned baluster altar rails and early 19th-century pews.
Local climate
Church of Saint Martin receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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