Church Of St Martin

The Church of St Martin is an Anglican church built in two phases between 1879 and 1881, with further additions in 1898. It was designed by Richard Adams and John Kelly. The church is constructed from rock-faced ashlar with a slate roof. The building plan incorporates a six-bay nave with north and south aisles and clerestory, a lower three-bay chancel, an unfinished two-stage west tower, north and south porches, and a vestry. It is executed in the Gothic Revival style.

The exterior of the nave features three-light windows and stepped buttresses. The porches have cusped arches and attached chamfered columns, with wrought-iron gates. The chancel is more ornate, with a seven-light east window, gabled buttresses surmounted by crocketed pinnacles, and uncarved gargoyle projections. The west tower has angle buttresses, a four-light west window, two-light belfry windows, and a shallow pyramid roof.

Inside, the nave features quatrefoil columns with corbels displaying angels and foliage that support the attached columns, and a hammer-beam type roof. The chancel has a three-bay design and a tiled floor of red, green, and black. Angel corbels and a panelled ceiling further adorn the space. Murals painted in 1913, depicting the "Te Deum" theme, cover the chancel walls. These murals include depictions of angels of all nationalities carrying scrolls inscribed with "The Holy Church throughout the World doth acknowledge Thee," a depiction of St Martin above the vestry door, grouped figures beneath trefoil arches, and angels flanking the east window.

The reredos, originally stone, was replaced with carved, gilt, and painted woodwork between 1898 and 1905, depicting the Magi and prophets. Lower side panels display four northern saints on each side, completed in 1913. The hexagonal stone pulpit is topped by an open crocketed arch on each face, with a demi-angel supporting the desk. A particularly elaborate brass lectern, described in 1888 as "the finest in the North of England" and exhibited in Paris, stands on lions' feet, with a central stem and four detached twisted shafts, octagonal finials, spirelets, and an eagle desk. An inscription on the base records that it was given on 16 March 1881 by Mrs John Cadman in memory of her husband. The stone font is seven-sided, with traceried panels. Stained glass includes a war memorial by the Kempe firm in the north aisle and a Lady Chapel window in the south aisle, dedicated to the memory of Mary Cadman, who died on 20 March 1894. The unfinished west end initially had a small wooden bellcote. The base of the tower, serving as a vestry, was added in 1898 as a memorial to the Rev RGP Bullock.