St Luke's Church, Orrell

St Luke's Church, Orrell
East end of St Luke's Church, Orrell
St Luke's Church, Orrell Location in Greater Manchester
53°31′44″N2°42′36″W / 53.5290°N 2.7100°W / 53.5290; -2.7100
Location	Lodge Road, Orrell, Wigan, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Luke, Orrell
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint Luke
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect	Henry Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1926
Completed	1938
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Liverpool
Archdeaconry	Warrington
Deanery	Wigan
Parish	St Luke, Orrell

St Luke's Church is in Lodge Road, Orrell, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. ^[1]

History

The three west bays of St Luke's were built in 1926–27, but the remainder was not completed until 1939. It had been planned to have a southwest tower, but this was never built. The church was designed by Henry Paley of the Lancaster firm of architects Austin and Paley. ^{[2] [3]}

Architecture

The church is designed mainly in Perpendicular style, and has a polygonal apse at the east end. Inside the church, the arcades are carried on octagonal piers. Under the chancel arch is a low wall with an integral pulpit. The sedilia and furnishings were designed by the architects, and include an octagonal font. ^[2]

External features

The churchyard contains the war graves of a soldier and three airmen of World War II. ^[4]

See also

• Greater Manchester portal

• List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1916–44)
• List of churches in Greater Manchester

References

1. St Luke, Orrell, Church of England , retrieved 3 May 2012
2. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 537, ISBN   0-300-10583-5
3. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 183, 251, 255, ISBN   978-1-84802-049-8
4. ORRELL (ST. LUKE) CHURCHYARD, Commonwealth War Graves Commission , retrieved 6 February 2013