Church Of St Martin, Incuding Churchyard Boundary Wall is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1961. Church.

Church Of St Martin, Incuding Churchyard Boundary Wall

WRENN ID
hidden-steeple-dew
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1961
Type
Church
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Martin is an Anglican parish church with origins in the 13th century, with a 15th-century chancel and tower, a 17th-century porch, and an 18th-century south chapel. It was restored in 1848 under the direction of Withers of Sherborne. The church is constructed of rubble stone with stone slate roofs, coped gables to the chancel and porch. It comprises a nave, chancel, a north porch, the south chapel (now used as a vestry), and a west tower.

The three-stage west tower features a square stair turret on its north side and a battlemented parapet with pinnacles (some missing). A string course runs along the base of the parapet, with angle gargoyles. Diagonal buttresses rise from the walls, and string courses are present at each stage, along with a moulded plinth. The belfry windows are of two lights, with Perpendicular tracery and pierced stone panels. A rectangular window is set into the south wall of the middle stage. The west window is of three lights with Perpendicular tracery. The west door is set in a 4-centred arch within a square frame, and has a hoodmould. A 2-light window with plate tracery from the 13th century is located in the south wall of the nave. A single-light window with a trefoiled head is in the south wall of the vestry. Each wall of the chancel has two 15th-century windows of two lights, square-headed, with hoodmoulds and cinquefoiled lights. Buttresses flank the east end of the chancel. The restored 15th-century east window is of two lights with Perpendicular tracery. A 3-light 15th-century window with Perpendicular tracery is set into the north wall of the nave, east of the porch, alongside a small rectangular window. The 17th-century porch features a round-arched doorway, leading to an inner doorway with a pointed arch and a 15th-century oak battened door. Stone consecration crosses are cut into several windows, appearing on medieval, 17th-century, and 18th-century windows.

Internally, the walls are plastered. The chancel has a plastered pointed barrel ceiling, and features several 18th- and early 19th-century wall tablets. A consecration cross is on the south wall. The chancel arch is segmental pointed with circular shafts. The nave has a 15th-century pointed waggon roof with plastered panels, moulded ribs and carved bosses, and features a good 18th-century monument on the south wall. The tower arch is 15th-century with a panelled soffite and continuous mouldings. A 15th-century octagonal font features quatrefoil panelled sides and a 17th-century oak cover. 19th-century pews and a pulpit are also present.

The churchyard boundary wall is of rubble stone with flat coping. The interior has been enhanced by limewashing in a medieval manner.

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