Church of St Martin is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. A Medieval Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Martin
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1971
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Martin, West Stockwell Street, CO1 1HN
- OS grid reference
- TL 996 253
- Coordinates
- 51.89093, 0.89941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Martin is a building with origins dating back to the early 12th century, featuring a nave and a west tower that was added later in the same century. The majority of the structure is from the 14th and 15th centuries, with significant restoration carried out in the 19th century. The building incorporates a considerable amount of Roman brick. The upper part of the tower fell into disrepair in the 17th century, likely following the siege in 1648. A notable feature of the church is the 14th-century roof truss that forms an open screen in the chancel. At the time of the survey in 1971, the church was no longer used for ecclesiastical purposes but was reopened in 2022 by the Greek Orthodox Church.
Local climate
Church of St Martin sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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