- St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer
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St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer 
West end of St Martin's Church, Allerton MaulevererLocation in North Yorkshire
St Martin's Church, Allerton MaulevererCoordinates: 54°00′57″N 1°22′00″W / 54.0159°N 1.3668°W OS grid reference SE 415 579 Location Allerton Mauleverer, North Yorkshire Country England Denomination Anglican Website Churches Conservation Trust History Founder(s) Richard Arundell Architecture Functional status Redundant Heritage designation Grade II* Designated 15 March 1966 Architectural type Church Style Norman revival Groundbreaking 1745 Completed 1746 Specifications Materials Limestone St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Allerton Mauleverer, North Yorkshire, England (grid reference SE415579). It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It is sited just outside Allerton Park, the grounds of Allerton Castle, which has been the home of the Mauleverer family for nearly 700 years.[3]
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History
A church dedicated to Saint Martin was first built on the site by a member of the Mauleverer family in the late 12th or early 13th century.[3] The present church was remodelled in 1745–46 for Richard Arundell, heir to the Mauleverers.[2] St Martin's was declared redundant on 1 December 1971, and was vested in the Trust on 27 July 1973.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
St Martin's is constructed in ashlar on its west front, and in coursed limestone elsewhere. It is roofed in stone slates, and the architectural style is Norman revival. Its plan consists of a six-bay nave with north and south aisles and transepts, and a two-bay chancel. Between the nave and chancel is a central tower. At the west front are three gables at the ends of the nave and the aisles. The nave has a central round-headed doorway, over which is a circular window. On each side of this window is a round-headed window. The west fronts of the aisles protrude slightly forward from the nave, and each contains a round-headed window between two pilasters. Along the sides of the church are four round-headed windows, and the windows in the transepts have two lights. The east window has five lights and is in Perpendicular style. The tower has three stages; in the top stage are two round-headed bell openings on each side. On the tower is a pyramidal roof with a weather vane.[1]
Interior
Inside the church is a vase-shaped font, a two-decker pulpit with a sounding board, and panelled box pews. Between the nave and the chancel, and between the nave and the transepts, are iron gates.[1] The church has a hammerbeam roof and on the chancel arch is a painting of Moses and Aaron.[2] In the north transepts are four effigies; two of these are in wood depicting knights with crossed legs dating from the late 13th or the early 14th century; the other two are in alabaster, dated 1475, and represent Sir John Mauleverer and his wife. In the south transept is the large tomb of Mrs Mary Thornton who died in 1800.[1]
See also
- List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England
References
- ^ a b c d "Church of St Martin, Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1149996, retrieved 10 May 2011
- ^ a b c St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer, West Yorkshire, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Martins-Church-Allerton-Mauleverer-West-Yorkshire/, retrieved 28 March 2011
- ^ a b Allerton Mauleverer, St Martin's Church, Britain Express, http://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4224, retrieved 10 September 2010
- ^ (PDF) Diocese of Ripon and Leeds: All Schemes, Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2010, p. 5, http://www.churchofengland.org/media/56475/riponandleeds.pdf, retrieved 3 April 2011
Categories:- Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire
- Grade II* listed churches
- Religious buildings completed in 1746
- 18th-century Church of England church buildings
- Romanesque Revival architecture in England
- Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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