Church Of St Martin

The Church of St. Martin is a parish church largely dating to the late 13th and early 14th centuries, with possible earlier fabric in the tower and nave. The north wall of the nave was rebuilt in the late 17th century, and a vestry was added in 1851. A restoration was undertaken in 1866-7 by S. S. Teulon, during which a north aisle was added and the south porch rebuilt. Further restoration of the tower occurred in 1914.

The church is constructed of stone rubble, with the tower featuring roughly coursed stonework and ashlar dressings. It has slate roofs with coped gable ends and apex crosses. The church comprises a small west tower, a nave, and a chancel, with a north aisle added in the 19th century. The west tower is of two stages with an embattled parapet. It has narrow single-light bell openings with slate louvres on each face, a taller light being positioned beneath the north side bell-opening. A 2-light lancet window retains much of its original stonework to the left of the south porch, which has a pointed arched doorway with a single chamfer terminating in pyramid stops, a thinner chamfer to the pointed arched inner doorway. Three windows follow to the right, with three, two, and single trefoil-headed lights, the two-light window retaining most of its original stonework. A 19th-century east window is of stepped triple lancets. The gable-ended vestry has 2-light windows to the east and west sides, incorporating some reused early stonework. Two 19th-century 2-light lancets are present in the north aisle.

The interior features largely complete 19th-century fittings. A waggon roof covers the chancel, while the nave has arch-braced trusses with queen struts. The north arcade has three bays with circular piers and moulded capitals. A low depressed pointed tower arch is constructed with rough stone voussoirs. Fittings, including a pulpit and chancel fittings, were brought from Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire. A 13th-century trefoil-headed piscina sits in the east wall, accompanied by a 19th-century piscin to the north wall. A panelled reredos with a scallop motif to the headrail, an altar table with blind cusped tracery, elaborate quatrefoil tracery to the communion rails, poppy head bench ends to the choir stalls, and a pulpit with blind traceried facets are also present. The chancel rail has four lights on each side with an embattled headrail and ogee tracery to the semi-circular headed lights. Further additions include 19th-century nave seating, and a font dated 1864, created by Putsford of Barnstaple and decorated with stiff-leaf motifs. Wall monuments are found in the north aisle, including slate monuments to Margaret Blackmore (d.1683), the Rev. James Colley (d.1762), and Mary (d.1770). A reset slate slab commemorates John Jennings (d.1678), while others record Prudence Partridge (d.1751) and Mary Blackmore (d.1751), accompanied by verses.