---
title: "St Christopher, Gunnerton"
description: "Located in Gunnerton, Northumberland. Built 1899-1900. Diocese of Newcastle. Grade II. Arts and Crafts style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Northumberland","Gunnerton","Grade II","Arts and Crafts","John Hawes"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-christopher-gunnerton"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:46:02.399Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T18:58:03.286Z"
location: "Gunnerton, Northumberland"
country: "England"
county: "Northumberland"
town: "Gunnerton"
address: "Gunnerton, Northumberland, NE48 4AU"
postcode: "NE48 4AU"
built: "1899-1900"
consecrated: "November 1900"
architect: "John Cyril Hawes"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Christopher"]
diocese: "Newcastle"
grade: "II"
style: "Arts and Crafts"
materials: "Rock-faced snecked stone; Welsh slate roof"
website: "http://www.chollerton-churches.org.uk/gunnerton.html"
openingHours: "Keyholder nearby."
parish: "Chollerton"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1155349"
gridReference: "NY 904 749"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Christopher, Gunnerton

St Christopher is a Grade II parish church at Gunnerton, Northumberland, in the Diocese of Newcastle and the parish of Chollerton. It is the only surviving church in England by John Cyril Hawes.

## Overview

Historic England lists a church of 1899 by Revd Hawes in Arts and Crafts style: rock-faced snecked stone with a Welsh slate roof; nave, chancel, south porch and north chapel. The west end has a large round window. The four-bay nave has a south porch with a round-headed doorway under a canted catslide roof; the door has carved leaf panels and period lettering. Overhanging eaves rest on curved wood struts on stone corbels. The higher chancel roof is half-hipped at the east and projects as a bell turret on curved struts. Interior ceilings are canted and wood-boarded.

Hawes designed the church after a model shown at the Royal Academy; Bishop Wilfrid Hornby invited him to build it at Gunnerton. It was consecrated in November 1900. Later restoration by Vincente Stienlet won the Hadrian Award in 2007; the west window is a later circular design by William Tillyer. Hawes later became a Roman Catholic priest and built widely in Western Australia and the Bahamas.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1155349](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1155349)
- [British Listed Buildings: Church of St Christopher](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101155349-church-of-st-christopher-chollerton)
- [Chollerton Churches: Gunnerton](http://www.chollerton-churches.org.uk/gunnerton.html)