Details
NOTTINGHAM
SK54SW ST MARTIN'S ROAD
646-1/3/594 (South side (off))
29/04/64 Church of St Martin
(Formerly Listed as:
BILBOROUGH
Church of St Martin)
GV II*
Parish church. Late C14, with replica west tower c1450.
Restored 1833, and 1887-89 by JE Newbury. Extensive additions
to north, 1972. Coursed rubble and ashlar, with ashlar
dressings and slate roofs.
PLAN: chancel, nave, south porch, west tower.
EXTERIOR: moulded plinth, buttresses, coped gables with
crosses. Windows are mainly flat-headed, with plain surrounds.
Chancel, 2 bays, has an ogee headed east window, 3 lights,
early C19, blocked 1972. South side has a pointed arched
priest's door, blocked, flanked by 2-light windows. North side
incorporated into 1972 additions. Nave, 3 bays, has to south
three windows, 2 lights, the west window truncated. North side
has identical fenestration, with a blocked arch, and a blocked
pointed arched door between the western windows.
South porch has coped gable and C19 pointed arched door with
C14 crocketed ogee hood mould and niche. Ogee headed 2-light
window each side.
Square west tower, 2 stages, has angle buttresses to the lower
stage, and crenellated parapet with string course. To west, a
pointed arched 2-light window with transom and tracery. Above,
single loops on each side. Bell stage has a flat-headed
2-light opening on each side.
INTERIOR: rendered. Chancel, incorporated into 1972 addition,
has moulded arch with splayed responds and hood mould, largely
blocked, and blank east end. South side has a cusped ogee
piscina, C19, and blocked doorway flanked by plain windows.
Nave has arch braced roof, C19, and plain windows. Double
chamfered tower arch with imposts. South porch has stone
benches.
Fittings include eggcup font, C17, on reused moulded base,
panelled oak pulpit and benches, C19.
Memorials include an alabaster wall tablet and crest, remnants
of the tomb of Sir Edmund Helwys of Broxtowe, 1590.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London:
1979-: 267).
Listing NGR: SK5202041811
