Church Of St Martin

The Church of St Martin is a parish church located in Wootton, dating back to the early 13th century, with evidence from the 12th century and alterations made in the 14th century. It underwent restoration between 1878 and 1879 by Withers, with further work in 1881. The church is constructed from flint and rubble, with some brick repairs, and features a plain tiled roof. It consists of a chancel with a northern vestry, a nave, and a west tower.

The two-stage tower has a string course at the parapet and a large offset buttress on the north-west corner, along with angle buttresses on the nave. The church has lancet windows throughout, some of which have been restored. The east window is from the 19th century, while there is a 15th-century lancet in the vestry, possibly the remains of a 15th-century chapel. The south and north doorways have sunk quadrant moulding, with the north door blocked and the south door leading into a porch added in 1878, featuring moulded blind arcaded woodwork on a flint base.

Inside, there is a round-headed reveal to the tower lancet, a simple pointed tower arch, and a widened chancel arch of a similar design. The roof has three crown posts, while the chancel roof is a 19th-century wooden waggon vault. Notable fittings include a shelved piscina and a window-seat style sedile in the chancel, and a chamfered piscina in the nave. The alabaster reredos from 1881 features a main relief of pelican piety, and there is an octagonal pulpit with 17th-century linenfold panels. The 18th-century prayer boards are located to the left and right of the chancel arch.

There are also two black and white wall plaques commemorating Sir John Brydges, who died in 1839, and Rev. Charles Kinleside, who died in 1811. Both plaques feature draped urns over sarcophagus-shaped designs and were created by T. Denman of Regent Street, London, who was the brother-in-law of Flaxman and inherited his business and commissions.