Church Of St Martin

TQ 05SE EAST HORSLEY C.P. OCKHAM ROAD SOUTH

5/53 Church of St. Martin 14/6/67

GV II*

Church. C12 Norman Tower with inserted C13 details, C15 and C18 alterations, all restored in 1869 by Henry Woodyer. Flint with stone dressings, rendered cladding to upper stage of tower and plain tiled roofs. Tower to west, Nave with chancel to east. Pentice roofed north aisle, north chapel and vestry, porch to south. Battle- mented, 2 stage tower; square with diagonal buttressing to west end. Cambered head louvred openings in the upper stage and brick-edged,lancet windows below on north and south faces. Stone edged lancets to lower stage. Clock face to west front flanked by two cambered head,louvered openings with lancet windows below. Remaining part of Church C19, in C13 lancet style with trefoil head windows to nave alternating with buttresses. Larger late C19 mullioned and transomed window to north chapel. C19 north door, C19 west doors in pointed arched, chamfered surround and C19 south door in gabled porch with cusped bracing and bargeboards. Interior:- 4 bay, nave-arcade, westernmost bay possibly C15, on octagonal piers with hollow chamfer to arches. Mid C15 chancel arch on half column responds. Timber posts to tower, braced, survive to west. Fittings:- Chalk and marble pulpit on round pillar alternating with twisted, gilded wrought iron rails on 4 piers with human corbels. Tub Font. Brasses: Several small effigies on south wall, north of chancel arch and north wall. Including one of Robert de Brantingham c1400 and one to John Boothe, Bishop of Exeter, died 1478. Monuments:- Most moved to north Nave wall. Chest Tomb to Thomas Cornwallis, Groom- Porter to Queen Elizabeth I, died 1626 and his wife. Half life-size effigies of alabaster on black topped chest in raised surround. End and central rails of sides twisted, with fleur-de-lys finial. Achievements on wall behind over winged cherubs head. Two good C18 Rococo wall cartouches to west end of north wall, one to James Ffox. Died 1753.

Listing NGR: TQ0952452811