Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1951. Church.

Church of St Martin

WRENN ID
lesser-railing-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent North MP: David Williams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 July 1951
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Martin, Crown Bank, Kidsgrove
OS grid reference
SJ 825 531
Coordinates
53.07556, -2.26168
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Martin is a parish church built in 1794, with alterations and additions made in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick with blue headers in Flemish bond, topped with a plain tile roof featuring shaped tile bands and coped verges. The church has a four-bay nave, an apsidal chancel, and a 19th-century north transept.

The nave includes round-headed windows with raised keys and Y-traceried glazing bars. The west entrance features a pointed door with panelled spandrels, flanked by two lancet stair windows with four-centred heads and hood moulds. Above the entrance is a central first-floor window with a round head and hood mould, along with a small round-headed gable window springing from an impost band. A 19th-century square bellcote with a pyramidal lead-covered roof is also present.

The chancel has a round-headed east window with a raised keystone and a moulded arch that springs from imposts, featuring glazing bars in a Decorated tracery pattern. The transept is made of rough-faced ashlar and has a plain tile roof with shaped tile bands and a stone coped verge. The north window is pointed and has three lights with cusped heads and Decorated tracery reminiscent of early 14th-century design, with a sill string that steps down to the east and west. The east door has a moulded surround and a shouldered head.

Inside, there is a west gallery with a panelled rail and an 18th-century King-post roof over the nave. The chancel arch is semi-circular with panelled casing, flanked by a pair of console brackets that support a wooden stake. The transept features an arched-braced collar roof.

Local climate

Church of St Martin receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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