Church of Saint Martin is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1966. A Medieval Church.

Church of Saint Martin

WRENN ID
broken-hammer-primrose
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1966
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Church of Saint Martin, Wharram
OS grid reference
SE 858 642
Coordinates
54.0667, -0.6901
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of Saint Martin is a church with early 10th century origins, although most of its structure dates from the 12th to the 16th centuries, reflecting various building phases and alterations. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a Westmorland slate roof over the chancel. The church includes a west tower, a four-bay nave with a south porch, and a two-bay chancel. The western half of the tower has collapsed. The tower has 2-light belfry windows on the north and east sides, and is topped with an embattled parapet and pinnacles.

The south porch contains a 13th century pointed door with a roll-moulded arch supported by responds with stiff-leaf capitals. A blocked 12th century round-arched south arcade now features square-headed 2-light Perpendicular windows. To the north, there is a 13th century pointed doorway in a chamfered surround. A blocked pointed arcade now contains 14th century 2-light windows with quatrefoil tracery, likely re-set from their original position in the north wall of the arcade.

Inside the chancel, there is a square-headed priests' door to the south and a 2-light decorated window to the east. The interior also features a blocked doorway in the south-east corner of the nave that incorporates 12th century zigzag and Saxon capitals. Excavations of the church have uncovered evidence of an original Saxon church on the site. At the time of the last survey, the church was in a ruinous condition.

Local climate

Church of Saint Martin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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