St Martin of Tours' Church, Saundby

St Martin of Tours' Church, Saundby
St Martin of Tours' Church, Saundby, from the southeast
St Martin of Tours' Church, Saundby Location in Nottinghamshire
Coordinates: 53°22′58″N 0°49′14″W / 53.3828°N 0.8206°W / 53.3828; -0.8206
OS grid reference	SK 785 879
Location	Saundby, Nottinghamshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
History
Dedication	Saint Martin of Tours
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	1 February 1967
Architect(s)	John Loughborough Pearson Weatherley and Jones (restorations)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Perpendicular Gothic
Groundbreaking	13th century
Specifications
Materials	Stone, lead and slate roofs
Bells	5

St Martin of Tours' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Saundby, Nottinghamshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

The church originated in the 13th century, with additions and alterations in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. The arcade between the nave and the north aisle dates from the 13th century. The tower was added in 1504. The chancel was restored by John Loughborough Pearson in 1885–86, and the north aisle by Weatherley and Jones in 1891.

St Martin's is constructed in stone, with lead and slate roofs. Externally, its style is Perpendicular. Its plan consists of a nave with a north aisle and a south porch, a chancel, a vestry, and a west tower. The tower consists of three stages, separated by string courses, standing on a plinth and supported by buttresses. It has a three-light west window, with a four-light window above it. The top stage contains a double-lancet bell opening on each side, and a clock face on the west side. At the summit is a battlemented parapet, and eight crocketted pinnacles. The battlemented parapet continues around the walls of the nave and chancel. The north aisle is in three bays. Its north wall contains a blocked doorway and three triple lancet windows, and there is a similar window in its east wall. The vestry has a blocked doorway on the west and a double lancet window with Decorated tracery. The chancel is in two bays with two crocketed pinnacles on each of the north and south parapets. The chancel windows are triple lancets, one on each of the north and east sides, and two on the south side. Between the windows on the south side is a priest's door. In the south wall of the nave are two double and one triple lancets. The south porch has a coped gable surmounted by a cross.