Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian
Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian, Burnhouse Road
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1304105
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian
- Statutory Address:
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian, Burnhouse Road
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1304105
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian
- Statutory Address 1:
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian, Burnhouse Road
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian, Burnhouse Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wooler
- National Grid Reference:
- NT 98922 28222
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 29 September 2021 to reformat text to current standards
NT 9828
16/106
WOOLER
BURNHOUSE ROAD (North side)
Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian
21/9/51
GV
II
Roman Catholic Church. 1856 by George Goldie. Snecked stone with Welsh slate
roof. Nave, chancel, south-west tower, south aisle, north chapel and vestry. Geometric style.
Doorway, in tower, has multi-moulded pointed arch. Three-light window over with
gabled hoodmould over blind centre light. Bell stage has paired cusped lancets.
Two-storey clasping stair projection with pent roof. Steeply-pitched gabled roof
with quatrefoils in gables.
West end of nave has two cusped lancets separated by buttress with niche. Rose
window over. Four-bay nave has two-light traceried windows on north side; similar lower windows to south aisle and quatrefoil clerestory windows. Two-bay chancel with cusped lancets and five-light traceried east window. Steeply-pitched gabled roofs.
Interior: south arcade with double-chamfered pointed arches on octagonal piers.
Stained-glass window in south aisle in memory of George Goldie the architect.
East window by Wailes.
Listing NGR: NT9892228222
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 237682
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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