St Ninian's Church, Tynet is a Grade A listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Chapel.

St Ninian's Church, Tynet

WRENN ID
gentle-spire-vetch
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1971
Type
Chapel
OS grid reference
NJ 378 612
Coordinates
57.63689, -3.04198
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Ninian's Church in Tynet is a simple, long, low single-storey building constructed in 1755, with renovations in 1787 and the early 20th century, and restored in 1951. Designed by architect Ian G Lindsay, the church features a 10-bay south elevation with regular window placement, harled walls, and ashlar dressings. The entrance is a plain square-headed doorway located in the second-to-last southwest bay, with an additional doorway to the sacristy at the eastern end. The north elevation has six windows, primarily with 12-pane glazing. A ball finial from around 1787 crowns the west gable, and there is a stack at the east gable, topped with a graded Banffshire slate roof.

Inside, the church has a simple whitewashed interior. The principal doorway leads into an entrance lobby, which includes a baptistry separated by flat balustered railings. The doorway to the main church is framed by a possibly reused corniced doorpiece with fluted Corinthian engaged columns and is closed by a pair of 18th-century fielded panelled doors that have modern partial glazing. The interior also features simple grey painted pews and a confessional. The chancel is separated by turned altar rails and is framed by reeded pilasters that support a simple wooden arch. A small octagonal pulpit from 1787 is present, complete with an octagonal sounding board, fielded shaped panelling, and moulded cornices.

Local climate

St Ninian's Church, Tynet sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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