St Ninian's Parish Church, Lewis Street, Stranraer

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 20/07/1972 Local Authority Dumfries And Galloway Planning Authority Dumfries And Galloway Burgh Stranraer NGR NX 05973 60684 Coordinates 205973, 560684 — Alexander C Pettigrew, 1883-4. Near rectangular-plan Victorian Gothic church. Whinstone; red sandstone dressings. Base course; decorative band course (to E elevation only) corbel table to wallhead of nave. E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: steps to 2 central arched entrances; roll-moulded trefoil arches within; 2-leaf timber boarded doors. Dividing and flanking muscular buttresses; triangular finials; buttress to outer left carries stone spire; octagonal turret; smaller octagonal turret to outer right. Parapeted porch. Hoodmoulded rose window; crowstepped gable; roundel within; cross finial. Finialed spire to outer right. S ELEVATION: bowed stair tower to outer right; corbelled-out semi octagonal caphouse; finial. Timber door to right at ground; 3 sets of 3-light windows at ground; timber door at re-entrant angle to outer left. 6 small lights to nave. N ELEVATION: 2 single windows to outer left at ground; 3 sets of 3-light windows; 8 small lights to nave. Recessed 4-bay section to outer left; timber door to left; 3 single windows. Hall to rear. Plate tracery rose windows; stained leaded glass. Grey slate roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. INTERIOR: chancel filled with organ by Peter Conacher & Co; stencilled pipes; round hoodmoulded W window; 7-light brass gasoliers flanking chancel arch; flanking timber doors. Timber pulpit, lectern, elders chairs and communion table and pews; stone font. Timber gallery to E; rose window. 3-bay stone arcades; granite columns; sandstone carved foliage capitals. Boarded ceiling; stencilling work (gablets and stars). BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS AND GATES: whinstone boundary walls

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.