Church of Saint Martin is a Grade I listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. A Medieval Church.
Church of Saint Martin
- WRENN ID
- old-quoin-gold
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of Saint Martin, High Street, Eynsford
- OS grid reference
- TQ 540 654
- Coordinates
- 51.36738, 0.21158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of Saint Martin, a Grade I listed building, is located on the south-east side of Eynsford High Street. This church dates from the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 16th centuries and is constructed of flint with stone dressings, topped with a tiled roof. It features a nave with a south chapel or transept and a north aisle, an apsidal-ended chancel, and a west tower that has an inset broached shingled spire. There is a Galilee Porch situated to the west of the tower.
The west doorway, which has been reset, dates to the mid-12th century and is adorned with zigzags or spirals around the arch and side columns, scallop capitals, and a diapered tympanum. The south wall of the chancel includes two Norman windows. There are two blocked north arches leading to the chancel, featuring 13th-century mouldings. The tower arch is from the 13th century but was altered in the 15th century, while the chancel arch is from the 14th century. The north aisle, built in the 16th century, has cross gables. Inside, the chancel boasts a roof with embattled beams and a trefoiled double piscina in the apse. The church also contains a Perpendicular font. Above the west porch is the Coat of Arms of George III, and within the porch are two medieval stone coffins.
Local climate
Church of Saint Martin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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