St Martin's Church, Exeter

{{Short description|Church in Devon, England}}

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| location =Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon, England

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| built =15th century

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| designation1 =Grade I listed building

| designation1_offname =Church of St Martin

| designation1_date =29 January 1953

| designation1_number =1169625

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St Martin's Church in Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon, England was built in the 15th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,{{NHLE |num= 1169625|desc= Church of St Martin, Exeter|accessdate= 2 February 2014|mode=cs2}} and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.{{citation |title=St Martin's Church, Exeter, Devon|url=http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/St-Martins-Church-Exeter-Devon/|publisher=Churches Conservation Trust|accessdate=2 April 2011}} It was vested in the Trust on 1 August 1995.{{Citation | year = 2011| title = Diocese of Exeter: All Schemes| series = Church Commissioners/Statistics|publisher = Church of England| page = 3| url = http://www.churchofengland.org/media/810520/exeter%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf| accessdate =2 April 2011}}

It is built of Heavitree stone and has slate roofs. The chancel arch is thought to be the oldest part of the building, and may date from the previous church on the site which was consecrated on 6 July 1065 by Bishop Leofric. There are traces of Anglo-Saxon long-and-short work high in the north-east corner of the nave.{{cite book |author=Pevsner, Nikolaus |author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |editor=Cherry, Bridget |title=The Buildings of England: Devon|publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth |year=1989 |orig-year=1952 |isbn=0-14-071050-7 |page=391}} The tower was added in 1675.{{cite book |title=Exeter Architecture |author=Mellor, Hugh |publisher=Phillimore |location=Chichester |page=90 |year=1989 |isbn=0-85033-693-7}}

The interior contains 17th and 18th century monuments, reredos and altar rails, some of which were brought from the nearby St Paul's, which was demolished in 1936. The south window contains a few fragments of medieval glass. At the west end is a panelled gallery with the painted arms of Bishop Trelawny (1688—1707) and the City of Exeter, both flanking the royal coat of arms.