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Church of St Luke

A Grade II Listed Building in Crosby, Sefton

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.491 / 53°29'27"N

Longitude: -3.024 / 3°1'26"W

OS Eastings: 332158

OS Northings: 399855

OS Grid: SJ321998

Mapcode National: GBR 7XB2.39

Mapcode Global: WH86T.JJ72

Plus Code: 9C5RFXRG+CC

Entry Name: Church of St Luke

Listing Date: 20 December 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1257554

English Heritage Legacy ID: 463750

ID on this website: 101257554

Location: St Luke's Church, Great Crosby, Sefton, Merseyside, L23

County: Sefton

Electoral Ward/Division: Victoria

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Crosby

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside

Church of England Parish: Great Crosby St Luke

Church of England Diocese: Liverpool

Tagged with: Church building Gothic Revival

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Description



CROSBY

SJ39NW LIVERPOOL ROAD
778-1/3/56 (East side)
Church of St Luke

II

Church. 1853-4, by A & G Holme (Pevsner); recently severely
damaged by fire and substantially re-built at rear and
internally in C20 style. Coursed sandstone rubble with
freestone dressings, metal sheet roof.
STYLE: Simple Decorated.
PLAN: wide aisleless nave with north and south transepts,
chancel, and west steeple.
EXTERIOR: the tower, of 3 equal stages successively set back,
with full-height diagonal buttresses, has a large 2-centred
arched west doorway moulded in 3 orders, with a hoodmould, a
1-stage semi-circular vice in the left angle, with staggered
cusped spherical-triangle windows, a 2-centred 3-light window
to the 2nd stage, with tracery, a clockface in the lower part
of the 3rd stage breaking into a 2-light louvred belfry window
on this side, similar belfry windows in the other sides, and a
broach spire swept at the foot. The 4-bay nave, with
buttresses, has a large gabled porch to the 2nd bay of the
south side, with a doorway like that in the tower, and
2-centred arched 2-light windows in the other bays, with
tracery. Full-height 2-bay transepts in similar style, with
larger windows in the gable walls. C20 metal-clad turret at
crossing; C20 apse and similar additions to chancel.
INTERIOR: not inspected.



Listing NGR: SJ3215899855

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