{"id":20172,"date":"2024-07-15T18:12:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=20172"},"modified":"2024-09-29T21:25:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T20:25:33","slug":"days-out-st-martins-stamford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=20172","title":{"rendered":"DAYS OUT\/CHURCHES: St Martin\u2019s Stamford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I\u2019ve been meaning to check out St Martin\u2019s for some time. It\u2019s a bit further out of Stamford town centre than a number of this towns\u2019 other magnificent ecclesiastical edifices. Today I finally did so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like practically all old Anglican churches, there\u2019s always something to engage and fascinate. And more often than not, more than just one thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Around the altar end of the church the pavement is terrific. I adore this style of tiling. I must find out what it\u2019s called. I want to have a crack at making a floor inspired by this style in our home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, when I walked in, I was a little underwhelmed. But as I explored, and looked harder, that all changed. For one thing, there are several super ostentatious memorials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After examining these monuments to the pride of the \u2018great and good\u2019 (harrumph!), I went and looked at the pulpit. And from<\/em> the pulpit. It was from this elevated position that another aspect of the riches of this building struck home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Above, mostly views from the pulpit, and a few other sundry snaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up a gallery of carved wood. First the rood screen, and sundry other bits, and then a whole load of stuff from the pulpit. The pulpit is ornamented with some terrific carving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But, for me, the real highlight here is the old medieval stained-glass. I only twigged to it when I was up in the pulpit; I realised that certain segments – it\u2019s the figurative stuff that gives it away – had a gorgeous primitive charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll start with a general gallery, of the various windows (they\u2019re actually in a kind of sequential order, photographed as I walked further into the church), before looking at some of them – the ones with the older stuff in them – in more detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once I\u2019d realised how exquisite some of the glass is, I went back photographing windows in more detail. Some of that stuff now follows\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve attempted to group them by window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Truth be told I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019ve managed to do so?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But, well\u2026 whatever, as folk say these days. They are what they is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the sacred sojourn of St Martin\u2019s, I went to St Mary\u2019s Books & Prints, a favourite haunt of mine, when in ol\u2019 Stamford Town. I wanted to see if they had this title in stock (they are an official Taschen reseller):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But they didn\u2019t. Instead, I picked up this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026 which seemed very apt, given the reveries the stained glass at St Martin\u2019s caused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been meaning to check out St Martin\u2019s for some time. It\u2019s a bit further out of Stamford town centre than a number of this towns\u2019 other magnificent ecclesiastical edifices. Today I finally did so. Like practically all old Anglican churches, there\u2019s always something to engage and fascinate. And more often than not, more than … <\/p>\n

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