St Ninian's Church, Glen Urquhart is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 January 1988. Church. 1 related planning application.
St Ninian's Church, Glen Urquhart
- WRENN ID
- silent-doorway-birch
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1988
- Type
- Church
- Address
- St Ninian's Church, Glen Urquhart, IV63 6TJ
- OS grid reference
- NH 431 304
- Coordinates
- 57.33727, -4.60792
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Ninian's Church in Glen Urquhart was designed by Alexander Ross around 1851. It has a simple rectangular plan with a shallow crowstepped projection at the east and a vestry that projects to the south. The church is mainly harled, with a rubble east wall, and features a crowstepped bellcote at the west.
The building has simple lancet windows, with three on both the north and south sides, three stepped windows at the east, and two on the west. There is a round arched door that possibly incorporates earlier masonry. The east windows contain abstract stained glass featuring a central cross, designed by Emma Shipton in 1986.
On the south vestry wall, there is a V-plan oriel window. Inside, the church has a rafter and arch-braced roof, with a tie beam at the chancel. The altar includes an early medieval stone with St Ninian's cross set in a panel. Additionally, there is Art Nouveau ironwork on the early 20th-century churchyard gate.
Local climate
St Ninian's Church, Glen Urquhart sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 50 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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