Church Of St Martin

BRIGHOUSE CHURCH LANE, BRIGHOUSE SE 12 SW 3/51 Church of St. Martin 3.1.67 G.V. II

Commissioners' Church. 1831 by L. Hammerton. Hammer-dressed stone, ashlar dressings, slate roof. Nave, west tower and added chancel c.1906 by Hodgson Fowler. No aisles. Nave has 6 bays of lancet windows with 'Y'-tracery, angle buttresses between each bay with pointed heads and weathering. Embattled parapet. Between nave and chancel is octagonal pinnacle. Chancel has similar buttresses dividing 3 bays of arch headed windows with more decorative tracery. East window of similar character under string course which rises parallel with gable. Plain parapet. Tower of 3 stages with set back buttresses has empty niche to 1st stage over arch headed doorway. 2nd stage added clock c.1846 over arched window. Belfry has 'Y'-tracery. Embattled parapet has crocketed pinnacles. The west front has 3 tall lancets with 'Y'-tracery, one in lst stage of tower.

Interior: Wide bare nave with flat partly coved ceiling. Large west gallery originally on 3 sides now cut back. Chancel, of ashlar inside, has tall chancel arch and arcades. Complete furnishings in Perpendicular style, including painted and carved reredos. Elaborate pulpit 1912. One window of glass in Pre-Raphaelite style c.1820 by Morris, and fine East Window with figures of saints. N. Pevsner, Yorkshire West Riding, (London 1967) p.147. G. Hepworth, Brighouse its Scenery and Antiquities (Halifax 1885) p.8.

Listing NGR: SE1435823115