Church of St Martins is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1987. Church. 1 related planning application.
Church of St Martins
- WRENN ID
- tired-rampart-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1987
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Martins, A338, Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley, BH24 3PP
- OS grid reference
- SU 149 093
- Coordinates
- 50.8835, -1.78922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Martins is a parish church built in 1832 by surveyor John Peniston, located on the site of an older church. It is constructed of brick with some blue headers, and the east wall features partly reused dressed stone, topped with a plain tile roof. The church has a single cell plan that includes a chancel and nave, with north and south porches and a small west tower.
The east end showcases a Y-tracery window set in a chamfered opening, flanked by corner buttresses. Each side of the church has six bays, each featuring a pointed lancet window in a chamfered opening, except for the west side. There are buttresses between the bays and at each end, except between the west of the central bays, which have a gabled porch with a pointed, chamfered opening. The west end is dominated by a small cross-section tower in the center, which has a similar window and an offset belfry stage with bell openings on the west and east sides, topped with a gabled roof.
Inside, there is a brass from 1599 located on the floor by the altar, and a tablet commemorating Mary Ann Gray from 1757 in the central aisle made of brick paviour. On the south wall, there is a monument from 1627 dedicated to John Constable, featuring two large kneeling figures between two columns and a wide open pediment, with both figures holding vines and busts of their children. The church also contains an 18th-century Perpendicular style font. On the north wall, there is a tablet from 1757 dedicated to Cray. At the east end, there are prayer boards, and above the west door, there is a board displaying the Royal arms. A timber gallery is located at the west end, with a later screen below it that forms a vestry.
Local climate
Church of St Martins receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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