St Martin's Church, Colchester
West Stockwell Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1HN
The chancel roof so impressed the leading church architect Sir Gilbert Scott on a visit in 1876 that he paid for its restoration. The wall paintings are a small part of a Doom painting of the early 16th century; figures from Hell on the south side, with demons tormenting the damned, and the saved on the north side. There is an exceptionally fine stained glass window of the six miracles of Christ by the firm of Heaton, Butler and Bayne, 1865. The church was partially restored in 1891 in an Anglo-Catholic style by Ernest Geldart (1848-1929), the clergyman-architect, who worked on the alteration, decoration or restoration of ten churches in Essex at the end of the 19th century.
In the churchyard is the grave of Jacob Ringer, a cloth weaver or bay maker in the 17th century, and a large Neo-Greek sarcophagus memorial to William Sparling, a lawyer and twice Mayor of Colchester who died in 1816.
The building is now a Greek Orthodox Church.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 20 September:
- 1000-1600
- Sunday 21 September:
- 1300-1600
Location & directions
West Stockwell Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1HN
- Directions:
- The 'What Three Words' location is ///system.down.kite
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Additional information
Other properties open nearby are St Helen's Chapel, the Roman Theatre (Maidenburgh St) and 7 Queen Street (The Brewhouse).
