York Historic Environment Record

Parish church, now public hall. C11 nave; early C13 north and south arcades; mid C14 north aisle with C13 north doorway. c1430 chancel, chancel chapels and arcades rebuilt retaining part of early C14 south chapel east wall; south side rebuilt, retaining late C14 south porch doorway and upper storey window; west tower rebuilt. Late C15 chancel arch and nave clerestory. 1655 north porch added; c1677 west tower refaced in brick. C18 north and south aisles reroofed; nave and north aisle ceiled. 1844-45 tower upper stage rebuilt; vestry and anteroom formed at west end of north aisle. 1894 restoration and chancel reroofed. 1844-45 work by JB and W Atkinson. MATERIALS: dressed limestone with some gritstone, incorporating Pre-Conquest fragments; east end gables and south aisle west gable built up in brick; tower refaced in orange-red brick in English garden wall bond, with ashlar quoins and dressings. Roofs of lead, tile and slate. PLAN: 2-bay chancel with north and south chapels; 2-bay aisled nave and clerestory, north vestry; west tower. EXTERIOR: triple-gabled east end, chancel and north chapel on chamfered plinth, south chapel on moulded plinth; buttresses with offsets, north angle one with decaying gargoyle. North chapel window of 5 cinquefoiled lights with trefoil-headed panel tracery in 2-centred head. South chapel window of three ogee-headed trefoiled lights beneath cusped reticulated tracery, in chamfered 2-centred head with hoodmould. On north side, chancel chapel is of 4 bays articulated by buttresses with offsets and decaying gargoyles. 3-light windows similar in detail to that at east end, over moulded sillstring. Beneath easternmost window is partly buried blocked window of two ogee-headed trefoiled lights in chamfered square head. Coved cornice carved with bosses beneath parapet. Aisle on chamfered plinth. Coped and gabled porch projects towards west end with chamfered 2-centred arch; within, reset doorway with 2-centred arch beneath nailhead hoodmould. Windows are of three trefoiled lights with cusped reticulated tracery in 2-centred heads over chamfered sillstring. On south side, chancel chapel is of 4 bays separated by buttresses with moulded offsets. Windows are of three cinquefoiled lights with panel tracery, some renewed, in 2-centred heads, beneath hoodmoulds. Chamfered cornice and parapet with moulded coping continues across south aisle. Aisle on moulded plinth has three buttresses with moulded


NMR information:

Parish church, now public hall. 11th century nave; early 13th century north and south arcades; mid 14th century north aisle with 13th century north doorway. circa 1430 chancel, chancel chapels and arcades rebuilt retaining part of early 14th century south chapel east wall; south side rebuilt, retaining late 14th century south porch doorway and upper storey window; west tower rebuilt. Late 15th century chancel arch and nave clerestory. 1655 north porch added; circa 1677 west tower refaced in brick. 18th century north and south aisles reroofed; nave and north aisle ceiled. 1844-45 tower upper stage rebuilt; vestry and anteroom formed at west end of north aisle. 1894 restoration and chancel reroofed. 1844-45 work by JB and W Atkinson. 2-bay chancel with north and south chapels; 2-bay aisled nave and clerestory, north vestry; west tower. Part of a 9th century cross-shaft is built into the lowest course of the west face of the tower. Three other fragments of cross-shaft and grave have been found in the church, two being incorporated and now plastered over.

(SE 60015161) St. Martin's Church (NAT) (1)

Church of St Martin-cum-Gregory. Early English nave; Perpendicular chancel; C17 tower incorporating some carved Roman stones; C17 pulpit; C18 font cover and bread cupboard. Good medieval glass. Now in secular use only. (RCHM Vol. III, Monument 7.) (2)

Part of a 9th century cross-shaft is built into the lowest course of the west face of the tower. (3)

1 Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) OS 1:2500 1963.
2 List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 201 City of York, June 1983.
3 Corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture, volume 3 : York and eastern Yorkshire 83 by James Lang

NMR, NMR data (Unassigned). SYO2214.

York Archaeological Trust, 2017, Church of Martin Cum Gregory WB (Unpublished document). SYO2024.