St Martin's Church, Brampton

St Martin's Church, Brampton
St Martin's Church, Brampton, from the northwest
St Martin's Church, Brampton Location of the church in Cumbria
Coordinates: 54°56′30″N 2°44′16″W / 54.9417°N 2.7379°W / 54.9417; -2.7379
OS grid reference	NY 528 610
Location	Front Street, Brampton, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Martin, Brampton
History
Dedication	St Martin
Consecrated	11 November 1878
Associated people	George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	16 January 1984
Architect(s)	Philip Webb
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1874
Completed	1906
Administration
Deanery	Brampton
Archdeaconry	Carlisle
Diocese	Carlisle
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Richard Tulloch

St Martin's Church is in Front Street, Brampton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Brampton, the archdeaconry of Carlisle and the diocese of Carlisle. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building and is the only church designed by the Pre-Raphaelite architect Philip Webb. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "a very remarkable building".

The church was built on the site of a former late 17th-century hospital that had been converted into a chapel in 1789. It was built for George Howard, who later became the 9th Earl of Carlisle, together with other contributors, and was constructed between 1874 and 1878; the tower was added in 1906. The architect was Philip Webb who was closely connected with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; it is the only church designed by Webb. It was the successor to Brampton Old Church, situated about 1 mile (2 km) to the west of the town centre.

St Martin's is built in red sandstone from Wetheral quarry; it has green slate roofs and a lead spire. Its plan consists of a square west tower, a four-bay nave with north and south aisles, and a single-bay chancel with a two-storey vestry to the north and an organ chamber to the south; the body of the church is almost square. On the north side of the tower is an open arched porch with a lean-to roof. The west face contains two small two-light windows over which is a larger two-light window; all these windows are recessed within an arch. Above these are clock faces on all sides of the tower over which are two-light louvred bell-openings. At the top of the tower are gables to the west and east, and shaped parapets to the north and south. On the tower is a short pointed spire with extensions to the north and south. On the north side of the church are three two-light windows separated by buttresses, and over each window is a battlemented gable. The south aisle has a round west window, and on the south side are small rectangular windows and three gabled dormers in the clerestory. On the south wall of the organ chamber is a three-light Perpendicular style window. The east window has five lights.