Church Of St Martin

SCAMPSTON TOWN STREET SE 87 NE (north side) 4/57 Church of St Martin 10.10.66 - II Church. 1845. By G T Andrews for Col William St Quintin. Dressed sandstone on plinth with limestone ashlar buttresses and dressings; slate roof. West bellcote; 4-bay aisled nave and south porch; chancel and vestry. Square- headed west window of 2 cusped lancets. Paired cusped lancets above, and similar single lights at west end of both aisles. Gabled bellcote on plinth has twin pointed arches on chamfered responds and octagonal centre shaft. Crocket finial. Nave south side has dwarf angle buttreses. Gabled porch has hollow-chamfered opening beneath roll-moulded, pointed arch on colonettes with moulded capitals. Coved hoodmould on leaf stops and crocket finial. Pointed south door on C-hinges. East of porch are 2 square-headed windows of paired cusped lancets. 3 similar windows on north side and central dwarf buttress. Chancel south side has pointed priest's door in triple-chamfered opening. To west, pointed window of pointed cusped lights beneath reticulated quatrefoil. Dwarf buttresses east of door and at east angle. On north side is the vestry with pent roof and truncated stack. Pointed east window of 3 lights with geometric tracery beneath coved hoodmould on corbel heads. Vestry east window of paired lancets. All windows have double-chamfered openings. All gables coped. Nave and chancel gable crosses. Interior: north and south arcades of double-chamfered arches on cylindrical columns with waterholding bases and moulded capitals. Pointed chancel arch on half- octagonal responds with moulded capitals. Trefoil-headed double sedilia in sanctuary south side. Finely carved rood screen, stalls, altar, pulpit and prayer desk donated by William Herbert St Quintin in 1906. Round-arched niche on side shafts in chancel north wall contains a carved marble Deposition placed in memory of his Uncle, Rev George Danby, by the same benefactor in 1906. Octagonal font with tall crocketed cover. Memorial window in chancel south side is inscribed: "Good Christian people of your faith pray for the good estate of Wm St Quintin and Dame Louisa, his wife, who built this Church AD MDCCCXLV". Several original windows bordered in pretty stained glass.

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