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Church of St Ninian, Ninekirks

St Ninian's Church (Ninekirks) is located in an isolated position, near the River Eamont, about 2 miles east of Penrith. The church was built in 1660, on a medieval site, for Lady Anne Clifford. It's porch was added in 1841. The church retains much of its original 1660s interior woodwork. Its poor box is inscribed and dated 1663. The former parish church is now closed for worship and is now maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust and open to visitors. The church is a Grade I listed building on the National Heritage List for England.

Brougham Civil Parish Former Church Historic Buildings and Monuments in Brougham Civil Parish Churches Conservation Trust Grade I Listed 1660 Lady Anne Clifford (1590 - 1676)

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St Ninian's

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St. Ninian's Church

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Interior of St Ninian's Church

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No prayer book needed here, for the Lord's Prayer

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Across the River Eamont to Church of St Ninians

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Pews in St. Ninian's Church

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CHURCH OF ST NINIAN - Brougham - List Entry
- Redundant parish church. 1660, on medieval site, for Lady Anne Clifford, porch dated 1841. Red sandstone rubble walls with regularly-spaced buttresses, porch of reeded red sandstone ashlar; graduated greenslate roof …

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St Ninian's Church, Brougham, Cumbria
- Known locally as Ninekirks, St Ninian's stands remote down a long track, above a bend in the River Eamont and with views of the Pennines and the Lake District. It …

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