Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Church.

Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Church
Address
Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian, Burnhouse Road, Wooler
OS grid reference
NT 989 282
Coordinates
55.5477, -2.01865
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian, built in 1856 by George Goldie, is a notable example of 19th-century architecture. Constructed from snecked stone with a Welsh slate roof, the church features a nave, chancel, south-west tower, south aisle, north chapel, and vestry, all designed in a geometric style.

The tower's doorway has a multi-moulded pointed arch, with a three-light window above it that includes a gabled hoodmould over a blind centre light. The bell stage of the tower is adorned with paired cusped lancets. Additionally, there is a two-storey clasping stair projection topped with a pent roof. The steeply-pitched gabled roof is decorated with quatrefoils in the gables.

At the west end of the nave, there are two cusped lancets separated by a buttress that contains a niche, with a rose window positioned above. The four-bay nave has two-light traceried windows on the north side, similar lower windows on the south aisle, and quatrefoil clerestory windows. The two-bay chancel features cusped lancets and a five-light traceried east window, all under steeply-pitched gabled roofs.

Inside, the south arcade is supported by double-chamfered pointed arches resting on octagonal piers. A stained-glass window in the south aisle commemorates the architect George Goldie, while the east window was created by Wailes.

Local climate

Roman Catholic Church of St. Ninian receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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