St Martin of Tours church, Epsom is a
Grade II* listed
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building, number 1028592, in Church Street,
Epsom, Surrey, KT17 4PX.
The flint tower dates from about 1450. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1824 to designs by Mr Hatchard of Pimlico. In 1908 the choir and transepts were added by
Sir Charles Nicholson
Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet (23 November 1808 – 8 November 1903) was an English-Australian politician, university founder, explorer, pastoralist, antiquarian and philanthropist. The Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney was na ...
.
The organ is a fine three-manual
Norman and Beard organ. There is a two-level reredos above the altar with small statues of saints.
There are war memorials for the men of St Martin's Epsom who died in the Great War and to those who died in the Burma Campaign, 1942–45. The graveyard contains some fine monuments.
Monuments
Several monuments from the old church survived and are now in the nave of the new church.
They represent the following individuals:
See also
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List of places of worship in Epsom and Ewell
There are 29 churches and other places of worship in the borough of Epsom and Ewell, one of 11 local government districts in the English county of Surrey. Another three buildings were formerly used for worship but are now in alternative uses. ...
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Epsom and Ewell
Church of England church buildings in Surrey
Diocese of Guildford