Wolverhampton: St Luke

Name:
Wolverhampton: St Luke
Record Type:
Church
Church code:
620224
Diocese:
Lichfield
Archdeaconry:
Walsall
Parish:
St. Luke Blakenhall

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II* Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is not in a Conservation Area

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is on the Heritage at Risk Register (data verified 09 Nov 2023)
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Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Victorian/Pre-WWI

Exterior Image

Exterior image of 620224 Wolverhampton St Luke
Caption:
Exterior image of 620224 Wolverhampton St Luke
Description:
Photograph of the outside of the south elevation of the church.
Year / Date:
March 2013
Copyright:
Archbishops' Council
Originator:
Joseph Elders

Summary Description

This church has a dominant presence in the local industrial townscape with its towering spire. 1860-1 by George Thomas Robinson of Leamington. Roguish Gothic Revival style. Large church with aisled nave, side chapels to chancel, and south-west tower with tall spire. It has brick and ashlar banding, with prominent angle buttresses and round south-east stair turret with conical roof.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
https://stlukeswolverhampton.org

Sources and Further Information

Wolverhampton City Council (2016) Wolverhampton and Walsall Historic Environment Record (HER) http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MBL767&resourceID=1025 [Digital Archive/Data]
HER Number: 6584
Joseph Elders (March 2013) Exterior image of 620224 Wolverhampton St Luke [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of 620224 Wolverhampton St Luke
G T Robinson (1860) Church plan of 620224 Wolverhampton St Luke [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Church plan of 620224 Wolverhampton St Luke
Joseph Elders (March 2013) Interior image of 620224 Wolverhampton St Luke [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior image of 620224 Wolverhampton St Luke
Antiquarian Horological Society (2015) AHS Turret Clock database Unique Number ID: 1448 [Digital Archive/Data]
20/01/2016
Church of England (2021) A Church Near You https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2867/ [Digital Archive/Index]
View information on worship and access at this church
ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~104593~115711 [Archive/Graphic material]

Groundplan

ICBS File Number - 05532

Coverage - 1860-1862

Created by ?ROBINSON, George Thomas: b. c.1827 - d. 1897 of Wolverhampton, Manchester and London

Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 1 Bell [Archive/Index]
1 Bell