Description

LANCASTER

SD4762 MAIN ROAD, Skerton
1685-1/3/340 (West side (off))
Church of St Luke

II

Parish church. 1833, with late C19 addition. Squared coursed
sandstone with ashlar dressings. Slate roof with overhanging
eaves.
PLAN: west tower, a nave with north and south aisles under a
continuous roof, and an added north vestry.
EXTERIOR: the tower is of 3 stages with diagonal buttresses,
corner pinnacles, and an embattled parapet. The west doorway
is pointed and chamfered in 2 orders and has doors with blind
tracery decoration. Above is a window of triple stepped
lancets. The bell openings are single lancets. Single lancet
windows light the west ends of the aisles. The north and south
walls are of 7 bays separated by buttresses, with a single
lancet window to each bay, and diagonal buttresses at the
corners. The eastern end of the north wall is now covered by
the added vestry. The east window is a triple stepped lancet
flanked by single lancets lighting the aisles.
INTERIOR: open timber roof of scissor-braced trusses. West
gallery with timber front. Stained glass windows include one
on the south side of the chancel depicting St Luke, in memory
of Richard Clark (d.1838), and 5 windows in memory of members
of the Whalley family.

Listing NGR: SD4787362572

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Luke's Church, Skerton at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26489598

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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