St Luke's Church, Oakhanger

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St Luke's Church, Oakhanger
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St Luke's Church, Oakhanger
Location in Cheshire
53°05′15″N2°21′09″W / 53.0875°N 2.3525°W / 53.0875; -2.3525
OS grid reference SJ 765 545
LocationChurch Lane, Oakhanger, Cheshire
CountryEngland
Denomination Anglican
Website St Luke, Oakhanger
History
StatusMission church
Dedication Saint Luke
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated14 June 1984
Architectural type Chapel
Style Gothic Revival
Completed1870
Specifications
Materials Brick, tiled roof
Administration
Province York
Diocese Chester
Archdeaconry Macclesfield
Deanery Congleton
Parish Alsager
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Toby May
Laity
Churchwarden(s) Geoff Chatterley
Andrew Smith
Parish administratorDebbie Preston

St Luke's Church is in Church Lane, Oakhanger, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican mission church in the parish of Christ Church, Alsager, the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. [1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [2]

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History

The building was originally a school chapel with an attached master's house that was erected in 1870. [3]

Architecture

St Luke's is constructed in red brick and stands on a blue brick plinth. It is roofed with blue tiles. The plan consists of a two-bay nave, a lower and narrower chancel, and a porch. On the ridge of the roof is a bellcote, set diagonally. [2] The windows have pointed arches and contain intersecting glazing bars. [3] Inside the church is an oak pulpit. [2] The altar incorporates a panel containing the figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity. [3]

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References

  1. St Luke's Mission Church, Oakhanger, Church of England , retrieved 22 March 2012
  2. 1 2 3 Historic England, "The Church of St Luke, Haslington (1330072)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 22 March 2012
  3. 1 2 3 Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 392, ISBN   978-0-300-17043-6