Church of St Martin, Clapham Road, Bedford - Bedford (UA)

Church of 1888-9 by JA Chatwin of Birmingham, in Gothic style. A large urban church of yellow brick with red brick banding; stone copings to gable. Four bay nave and arcades; shallow transepts, Lady Chapel, polygonal apse and east baptistery. North vestry and ancillary rooms; church hall to south. Significant and possibly on-going movement in arch straddling north arcade and north nave arcade wall at eastern end; similar in vestry and adjacent rooms. Investigations have commenced 2018. Roof and structural issues highest priority; structural engineer monitoring movement.