St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer

St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer
West end of St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer
St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer Location in North Yorkshire
Coordinates: 54°00′57″N 1°22′00″W / 54.0159°N 1.3668°W / 54.0159; -1.3668
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 is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Allerton Mauleverer, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. 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.

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. The present church was remodelled in 1745–46 for Richard Arundell, heir to the Mauleverers and MP for Knaresborough. St Martin's was declared redundant on 1 December 1971, and was vested in the Trust on 27 July 1973.

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.