St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals

St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals
St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals, from the southeast
St Martin's Church, Preston Gubbals Location in Shropshire
Coordinates: 52°46′18″N 2°45′17″W / 52.7717°N 2.7546°W / 52.7717; -2.7546
OS grid reference	SJ 491 196
Location	Preston Gubbals, Shropshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
History
Dedication	Saint Martin
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	13 June 1958
Architect(s)	Samuel Pountney Smith
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Gothic Revival
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone, tile roof

St Martin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, 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.

St Martin's originated as a chapel of ease, and what now remains was the chancel of a medieval parish church. It was probably altered in the 14th or the 15th century. In 1866 a new church was added to it, and it became the south aisle of that church. This enlargement was designed by Samuel Pountney Smith, and cost £1,600 (equivalent to £140,000 in 2016). In 1973 most of the work carried out in 1866 was demolished, leaving a single-cell building. The arcade of the 1866 building has been retained, it has been blocked, and forms the north wall of the present building. A bell formerly in the church is now the Sanctus bell in St Alkmund's Church, Shrewsbury. It was cast in 1720 by Abraham Rudhall of Gloucester. The church was declared redundant on 1 June 1973, and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 14 November 1974.

The building is constructed in sandstone with a tile roof. The nave and chancel form a single cell. The south side of the church contains two buttresses, three square-headed windows with two or three lights, a round-arched priest's door from the 12th century, and a 19th-century doorway. On the north side is the former nave arcade in three bays into which 20th-century three-light windows have been inserted. At the west end are round-arched windows, and a doorway that formerly led to the tower staircase. The east end contains a two-light window.