Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1994. Parish church.
Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- former-transept-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1994
- Type
- Parish church
- Address
- Church of St Martin, Ross Road, Hereford
- OS grid reference
- SO 507 387
- Coordinates
- 52.04505, -2.71997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Martin is a parish church built around 1844 by architect RW Jearrad, with the chancel added in 1894 by Nicholson and Sons. It is constructed of ashlar sandstone and features a Welsh slate roof. The church includes a nave, north and south transepts, a chancel, and a north porch tower.
The nave is distinguished by five lancet windows set under plain pointed arches, positioned between stepped buttresses, and has shouldered mouldings and a corbelled parapet. The transepts each have a triple light window under a moulding with figure-head stops and corner buttresses. The chancel is adorned with five-light windows. The north doorway features a battered plank door beneath a moulded pointed arch supported by pilasters, with decorated spandrels. The tower has a plain light and a brooch-spire topped with a weathercock.
Inside, the church has a hammerbeam-derived roof and stained glass in the east window as well as in the north and south transept windows. The chancel is enhanced by blind arcading.
Local climate
Church of St Martin receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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