St Martin of Tours, Womersley
St Martin of Tours, Womersley
St Martin is a Grade I cruciform parish church on Park Lane, Womersley, North Yorkshire.
- Location
- Womersley, Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Yorkshire
- City / town
- Womersley
- Address
- Park Lane, Womersley, Yorkshire, DN6 9BH
- Postcode
- DN6 9BH
- Built
- C12 origins; C13 nave and north aisle; later tower and spire; restored 1895
- Architect
- G F Bodley (interior restoration 1895)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Martin
- Diocese
- Leeds
- Parish
- Womersley
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Medieval cruciform with broach spire
- Materials
- Magnesian limestone rubble and ashlar
- Grid reference
- SE 532 190
- Opening hours
- Open during daylight hours.
- Access
- Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England records a church of twelfth-century origins with a thirteenth-century nave and north aisle, later transepts, crossing tower and broach spire, and a chancel with north vestry, restored by Bodley in 1895. The fabric is Magnesian limestone rubble and ashlar. The plan is cruciform: aisled nave, crossing tower, single-bay transepts and a chancel. The tower has two-light bell openings with geometrical tracery and a broached spire.
Inside, the listing describes a two-bay south aisle arcade on octagonal piers and a five-bay north arcade. Later accounts attribute the complete Victorian Gothic interior — decorated ceilings, fittings and glass — to George Frederick Bodley, commissioned by Frances Cassandra, Countess of Rosse, of Womersley Hall. A fourteenth-century effigy of a member of the de Newmarch family stands near the font. The church is open in daylight hours.