![St. Martin’s Rectory](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_01.jpg/800px-St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_01.jpg)
Our great ecclesiastical architect John T. Comès designed a fine church for St. Martin’s parish in the West End, but the church was demolished long ago. The rectory, however, remains, and it is a remarkable piece of work itself. We might call it Romanesque, or Art Nouveau, or Arts-and-Crafts, or perhaps even Rundbogenstil. Father Pitt is tempted, however, to call it Pre-Raphaelite. It reminds him of Pre-Raphaelite paintings; we can imagine it as a backdrop for figures by Burne-Jones.
![Date stones with A. D. 1911](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_date_stones.jpg/800px-St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_date_stones.jpg)
![Column](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_column.jpg/337px-St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_column.jpg)
![Ornamental tiles](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_ornamental_tiles.jpg/800px-St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_ornamental_tiles.jpg)
The rich colors and deliberately handmade look of these ornamental tiles add considerably to the effect of the façade.
![Oblique view](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_02.jpg/800px-St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_02.jpg)
![Side view](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_side_view.jpg/800px-St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_side_view.jpg)
![Front view](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_03.jpg/800px-St._Martin%E2%80%99s_rectory%2C_West_End%2C_2023-10-07%2C_03.jpg)