St Luke's Church, Oakhanger

St Luke's Church, Oakhanger

St Luke's Church, Oakhanger
St Luke's Church, Oakhanger

Location in Cheshire

Coordinates: 53°05′15″N 2°21′09″W / 53.0875°N 2.3525°W
OS grid reference SJ 765 545
Location Church Lane, Oakhanger, Cheshire
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website St Luke, Oakhanger
History
Dedication Saint Luke
Architecture
Status Mission church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 14 June 1984
Architectural type Chapel
Style Gothic Revival
Completed 1870
Specifications
Materials Brick, tiled roof
Administration
Parish Alsager
Deanery Congleton
Archdeaconry Macclesfield
Diocese Chester
Province York
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Toby May
Laity
Churchwarden(s) Geoff Chatterley
Andrew Smith
Parish administrator Debbie 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]

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ St Luke's Mission Church, Oakhanger, Church of England, retrieved 22 March 2012
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Historic England, "The Church of St Luke, Haslington (1330072)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 March 2012
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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