Gunnerton Church

Pascal J. Stienlet & Son

Location Northumberland External Link
Completion September 2004
Contract £122,000
Client Chollerton Parochial Church Council

Gunnerton Church

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Introduction

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Gunnerton is a small village of about 180 people. There are no facilities or amenities apart from the church building, which is listed as grade 2. St Christopher's Church, built in 1900, was based on an award-winning design submitted to the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1898 by J.C Hawes (1876 - 1956) who described it as ‘the best I ever did’. It featured in an article in the British Architect in 1902. Hawes became an Anglican and then a Roman Catholic Priest, and in later life a hermit. He continued to practise as an architect, particularly in Australia.


The Parochial Church Council commissioned Vincente Stienlet to repair and restore the church, but also to provide a meeting area with WC and kitchen at the rear of the building. The church has been restored to its former glory, and now is a community facility for social, education and leisure activities.