CHURCH OF ST MARTHA ON THE HILL
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1029553
Date first listed: 14-Jun-1967
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST MARTHA ON THE HILL
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Location
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST MARTHA ON THE HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Surrey
District: Guildford (District Authority)
Parish: St. Martha
National Grid Reference: TQ 02814 48302
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
TQ 04 NW ST MARTHA CP ST MARTHA'S HILL
4/94 Church of St Martha
14.6.67 on the Hill
II
Church. C12 remains incorporated or rebuilt into new church 1848-1850 by
Henry Woodyer in Norman style. Dark Bargate stone with sandstone dressings
and plain tiled roof. Cruciform plan with central crossing tower. Tower:
one lancet to each face in zig-zag moulded surrounds, corbelled parapet
to pyramidal roof. West end of church buttressed. Lancet windows
throughout, west window with scalloped capitals to jamb shafts. Three
light window to east wall of north and south transepts, three light window
to east end. Round arched, C12 recess to studded west door with impost
abaci. Stone dressed, roll moulded surround to south door placed in
pentice break.
Interior: Simple, five framed bays to nave roof, crown post trusses.
Four pointed arches to crossing - C12 (circa 1170) with semi-circular
respond piers to north trancept under scalloped capitals.
Fittings: "Tub" font, C12 - recut in 1850. Brought from Hambledon.
Stone with a flat wooden top.
Pulpit: Chalk, 1850. Panelled and roll moulded with Romanesque scalloped
capitals to shafts, gable moulding on bottom with battering plinth.
Screen: Circa 1900. Wood, cusped with foliage carving. Tudor style
arch to centre.
PEVSNER: Buildings of England, Surrey (1971).
Listing NGR: TQ0281448302
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 288351
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Nairn, I Rev. by Cherry, The Buildings of England: Surrey, (1971)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing