Roman Catholic Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1977. Church.

Roman Catholic Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
over-crypt-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1977
Type
Church
Address
Roman Catholic Church of St Mary, Bailiffgate, Alnwick
OS grid reference
NU 185 136
Coordinates
55.41626, -1.70911
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Roman Catholic Church of St Mary, built in 1856 by John Green, is located on Bailiffgate. This church features three gabled bays, with the center bay being wider and projecting. Designed in the Early English style, it has three stages and a basement. The exterior is constructed of ashlar stone, with a ground floor string course, labels over the openings (with head stops on the left), and a string course at the coped gables. The central bay includes angle buttresses that end in stunted pinnacles. The main entrance has a pointed arch with a central doorway featuring recessed trefoil lights in the spandrels. To the left is a printed arch side door, and to the right is a large square door leading to the Presbytery. The center bay also has a triplet of lancet windows topped by a trefoil, along with star and blind lancets in the central gable and blind lancets in the side gables. The side gables are adorned with fleur-de-lys pinnacles. Inside, the church is top-lit and has a gallery at the south end.

Local climate

Roman Catholic Church of St Mary receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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