Church Of St Martin

Parish church. The origins of the church date to the Saxon period, with the west end of the nave and the lower part of the tower originating from that time. The chancel is 13th century, the upper part of the tower and the south aisle, along with the Enbrook Chapel, are 14th century, and the north aisle, north porch, and vestry are 19th century. The building is constructed of Kentish ragstone rubble with a tiled roof. The west end of the nave is Saxon and features an arched, original doorcase, within which a later, smaller 13th-century doorcase has been set. A round-headed window sits above the doorcase. The upper stage of the tower is 14th century, with a crenellated parapet and lancet windows with wooden shutters to the bell stage, and angled buttresses. The 14th-century north aisle has four trefoil windows with quatrefoil windows above. The gabled north porch has an arched doorcase with colonnettes, foliate capitals, and corner buttresses. The Enbrook chapel exhibits one double trefoliated window with a quatrefoil above. The 19th-century south aisle features three double trefoliated windows with quatrefoil windows above, a paired lancet to the north-east, and three buttresses. The 19th-century vestry is characterized by one trefoil-headed lancet on each face and an ashlar chimney. The 13th-century chancel contains three lancets and a blocked round-headed doorcase to the north. The east end has an oval window within the gable, flanked by two lancets below and buttresses. The interior includes a 14th-century arcade on octagonal piers that support the south aisle, a Decorated piscina, and two sedilia. A 14th-century quatrefoil window is located in the east window of the north aisle. The chancel arcading features Bethersden marble shafts, and a keeled roll outlines the lancets, with the east pair being shafted. A 13th-century chancel arch also exists. Three 14th-century stone effigies are situated under stone arches: one of a woman in the south aisle, and two of a man and a woman positioned behind the organ. Brass memorials are present for priest John Child (died 1474), Thomas Fogg (died 1502), and John Brodnax (died 1592). A hanging monument commemorates Louisa Wainewright (died 1828), depicting a man and a woman mourning by an urn.