Church of St Martin is a Grade II* listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- old-niche-birch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1954
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Martin, Church Road, Lyndon
- OS grid reference
- SK 907 044
- Coordinates
- 52.62999, -0.66087
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Martin is a Grade II* listed building located on Church Road in Lyndon. It dates from the 13th to 14th centuries and underwent significant restoration in 1866. The church is constructed of coursed rubble stone with quoins and stone dressings, topped with Collyweston slate and leaded roofs. It features stone-coped gables and a parapet on the nave. The structure includes a west tower, nave aisles, chancel, a north chancel organ chamber, and a south porch.
The tower, built in the 14th or 15th century, has three stages, a plinth, a west window with 19th-century stained glass, four two-light bell openings with transoms and hood moulds, and battlements. Inside, there is a 13th-century coffin slab in the floor of the tower and a double chamfered nave arch supported by corbels. The hood mould has label stops. The nave arcades consist of two bays from the 13th to early 14th centuries, featuring octagonal piers and double chamfered arches, with hood moulds and single central head stops on either side. The clerestory has three 19th-century windows on each side and a 19th-century roof.
The north aisle contains three 19th-century windows, an opening to the organ chamber, and remnants of a stair leading to the rood loft. The organ chamber is likely from the 19th century. The chancel is mainly 19th-century, featuring a coloured tile floor, an east window, and a south door. The south aisle has a 13th-century door with a hood mould and head stops, along with two 19th-century windows. The upper part of the south porch is from the 19th century, while the lower part is probably older.
Inside, there is a 12th-century font that transitions from round to square at the top, supported by short shafts, three of which have attached shafts. The reredos and pulpit, made of alabaster and created in 1856, feature sgraffito work. Externally, there is an 18th-century wall monument on the east wall of the porch and another on the south wall of the chancel dedicated to John Freeman, a former rector who died in 1796.
Local climate
Church of St Martin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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