Summary
St Martin's Church in Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon, England was built in the 15th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It was vested in the Trust on 1 August 1995.[3]
| St Martin's Church | |
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| Location | Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon, England |
| Coordinates | 50°43′23″N 3°31′52″W / 50.72306°N 3.53111°W |
| Built | 15th century |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Church of St Martin |
| Designated | 29 January 1953[1] |
| Reference no. | 1169625 |
  Location of St Martin's Church in Devon | |
It is built of Heavitree stone and has slate roofs. The chancel arch is thought to be the oldest part of the building,[1] and may date from the previous church on the site which was consecrated on 6 July 1065 by Bishop Leofric.[2] There are traces of Anglo-Saxon long-and-short work high in the north-east corner of the nave.[4] The tower was added in 1675.[5]
The interior contains 17th and 18th century monuments, reredos and altar rails, some of which were brought from the nearby St Paul's, which was demolished in 1936.[1][2] The south window contains a few fragments of medieval glass.[4] At the west end is a panelled gallery with the painted arms of Bishop Trelawny (1688—1707) and the City of Exeter, both flanking the royal coat of arms.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d Historic England, "Church of St Martin, Exeter (1169625)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 February 2014
- ^ a b c St Martin's Church, Exeter, Devon, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 2 April 2011
- ^ Diocese of Exeter: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2011, p. 3, retrieved 2 April 2011
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus (1989) [1952]. Cherry, Bridget (ed.). The Buildings of England: Devon. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 391. ISBN 0-14-071050-7.
- ^ a b Mellor, Hugh (1989). Exeter Architecture. Chichester: Phillimore. p. 90. ISBN 0-85033-693-7.
Further reading edit
- Orme, Nicholas (2014) The Churches of Medieval Exeter, Impress Books, ISBN 9781907605512; pp. 130-32.