St Martin, White Roding is one of four Churches in the South Rodings Parish in the Deanery of Dunmow & Stansted and in the Diocese of Chelmsford. The church stands hidden in the centre of the village but is approached by a pleasant tree lined drive. Parking is available. St Martin is a grade II listed building of flint and rubble some of which is probably more than a 1000 years old. The nave is Norman and the tower, which is partly built with Roman bricks from nearby Colville Hall, is sixteenth century. The interesting wooden framed porch is fifteenth century and has a very special Norman door furnished with thirteenth century iron work. Inside the impression is of a very plain and simple church with no stained glass which makes it light and airy. A toilet and servery were added in 2012 and the interior was redecorated in 2013. St Martin is the largest of the four South Rodings churches seating about a hundred and twenty. The church is fortunate in having an excellent Bevington double manual pipe organ.
The cache is not in the churchyard and should be accessed from the public footpath.
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