St Luke's Church, Winmarleigh

St Luke's Church is in the village of Winmarleigh, Lancashire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe.[1] The church was built in 1875–1876 by Paley and Austin, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]

St Luke's Church, Winmarleigh
St Luke's Church, Winmarleigh Location in the Borough of Wyre
OS grid reference	SD 47105 47978
Location	Winmarleigh, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Luke, Winmarleigh
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1875
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	9 January 1986
Architect(s)	Paley and Austin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1875
Completed	1887
Administration
Parish	Winmarleigh St Luke
Deanery	Lancaster and Morecambe
Archdeaconry	Lancaster
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Gary Lewis
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Irene Connick
Parish administrator	Ann Bray

History

Winmarleigh is a village in Lancashire. Historically, it was part of the ecclesiastical parish of Garstang and Winmarleigh's villagers would have worshipped at the parish church of St Helen, Churchtown. St Luke's was built in 1875–1876 by the Lancaster-based firm of architects Paley and Austin. Located to the south of the village, the church was paid for by Lord Winmarleigh.[3][4] It was enlarged in 1887 by the same architects, who added a north aisle and a vestry.[5][6]

Architecture

St Luke's is constructed of sandstone rubble and has a roof of red tiles.[2] Its plan consists of a nave, a chancel, a porch to the south, and a chapel and a vestry to the north. There is no tower, but there is a wooden bell-cote with a spire between the nave and chancel.[2] The church incorporates elements of Decorated and Perpendicular styles.[7]

External features

The churchyard contains a mausoleum dedicated to the Reddaway family of Winmarleigh Hall. Built in 1927, it features a cross and kneeling figure in white marble.[3] It also contains the war grave of a King's Liverpool Regiment soldier of World War I.[8]

Assessment and administration

St Luke's was designated as a Grade II listed building on 26 July 1951.[2] It is an active parish church in the Anglican Diocese of Blackburn, which is part of the Province of York. It is in the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the Deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe. The church is in the parish of Winmarleigh St Luke which forms part of the benefice of Cockerham with Winmarleigh and Glasson.[9]

See also

• Listed buildings in Winmarleigh
• List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin

References

Citations

1. St Luke, Winmarleigh, Church of England, retrieved 16 July 2012
2. Historic England, "Church of St Luke (1072851)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 April 2015
3. Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 706
4. Brandwood et al. 2012, pp. 228–229.
5. Farrer & Brownbill (1912), pp. 305–08
6. Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 236.
7. Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 99.
8. WINMARLEIGH (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 17 February 2013
9. "Church Details: Winmarleigh St Luke", blackburn.anglican.org, Diocese of Blackburn, retrieved 22 June 2012

Sources

• Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
• Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1912), "Townships — Winmarleigh", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7, Constable, OCLC 59626695
• Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-12667-0

External links

• Media related to St Luke's Church, Winmarleigh at Wikimedia Commons
• Information from Genuki