St Luke's Church, Orrell

St Luke's Church is in Lodge Road, Orrell, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.[1]

St Luke's Church, Orrell
East end of St Luke's Church, Orrell
St Luke's Church, Orrell
Location in Greater Manchester
LocationLodge Road, Orrell, Wigan, Greater Manchester
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteSt Luke, Orrell
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSaint Luke
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Henry Paley
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1926
Completed1938
Administration
ParishSt Luke, Orrell
DeaneryWigan
ArchdeaconryWarrington
DioceseLiverpool
ProvinceYork

History

The three west bays of St Luke's were built in 1926–27, but the remainder was not completed until 1939. It had been planned to have a southwest tower, but this was never built. The church was designed by Henry Paley of the Lancaster firm of architects Austin and Paley.[2][3]

Architecture

The church is designed mainly in Perpendicular style, and has a polygonal apse at the east end. Inside the church, the arcades are carried on octagonal piers. Under the chancel arch is a low wall with an integral pulpit. The sedilia and furnishings were designed by the architects, and include an octagonal font.[2]

External features

The churchyard contains the war graves of a soldier and three airmen of World War II.[4]

See also

References
  1. St Luke, Orrell, Church of England, retrieved 3 May 2012
  2. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 537, ISBN 0-300-10583-5
  3. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 183, 251, 255, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
  4. ORRELL (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 6 February 2013
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