Church Of St Martin

The Church of St Martin is a parish church largely dating from the 13th century, but incorporating reused material from a 12th-century church that previously stood on the site. A late 13th-century west tower was constructed, with a later bell stage added in 1659, evidenced by the date inscribed on the parapet. The tower is built of rubble and pebblestone, with some Barnack stone, and features crenellations with crocketed pinnacles and traceried panelling. It has three stages, a splayed plinth, and angle buttressing. The west doorway is late 13th-century, while the west window is restored, and the bell chamber openings date to 1659. Embedded in the ground stage are four reset shafts and other moulded stones from the earlier 12th-century church.

The nave, also of the 13th century, has a plain tiled roof and parapet, a moulded main cornice, and gargoyles at the corners. A clerestory consists of two windows, each with three cinquefoil lights set within a four-centred head. The south aisle and south chapel were likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century and are constructed of coursed limestone, with an embattled parapet, a moulded main cornice, and gargoyles depicting beasts and grotesque figures. Four windows are present, including those at the east and west ends, each with three cinquefoil lights, vertical tracery, a four-centred arch, and a moulded label with mask stops. A south porch, also dating to the late 15th or early 16th century, has a date of 1652 on its gable end, embattled parapet, pinnacles at the corners, two stages of angle buttressing above a small splayed plinth, a depressed four-centred outer arch of two wave-moulded orders, and an inner arch carried on an attached shaft with moulded capital and base. The shallow ogee label displays running foliate decoration. The inner arch is two-centred and of two hollow-moulded orders with a label. Two reset corbels carved with angels flank the doorway, alongside a late 15th or early 16th-century holy water stoup. The chancel is of pebble and rubblestone, with the east end rebuilt in coursed limestone ashlar and a leaded, shallow-pitched roof. The east window is from the 15th century and comprises three cinquefoil lights. The north aisle was rebuilt in 1887 and incorporates some reused medieval stone.

Inside, the tower arch features three chamfered orders, the innermost carried on attached shafts with moulded capitals and bases. The 13th-century north and south arcades consist of two bays, each with two-centred arches, two chamfered orders, octagonal columns, and moulded octagonal capitals and bases. A large bracket is attached to the centre column of the north arcade, its soffit carved with an angel. A 19th-century roof sits on original carved stone corbels. The 15th-16th-century chancel arch is of two chamfered orders and has responds with attached shafts and moulded capitals and bases. Openings to the north and south chapels date from the same period. Reused moulded stone from the earlier church is incorporated into the chancel walls. The font is 15th-century, octagonal with each face carved with a quatrefoil in a circle, and has a carved soffit on an octagonal stem. Above the chancel arch is a 17th-century panel with a moulded frame.