Church Of St Luke

LANCASTER

SD4762 MAIN ROAD, Skerton 1685-1/3/340 (West side (off)) Church of St Luke

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Parish church. 1833, with late C19 addition. Squared coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings. Slate roof with overhanging eaves. PLAN: west tower, a nave with north and south aisles under a continuous roof, and an added north vestry. EXTERIOR: the tower is of 3 stages with diagonal buttresses, corner pinnacles, and an embattled parapet. The west doorway is pointed and chamfered in 2 orders and has doors with blind tracery decoration. Above is a window of triple stepped lancets. The bell openings are single lancets. Single lancet windows light the west ends of the aisles. The north and south walls are of 7 bays separated by buttresses, with a single lancet window to each bay, and diagonal buttresses at the corners. The eastern end of the north wall is now covered by the added vestry. The east window is a triple stepped lancet flanked by single lancets lighting the aisles. INTERIOR: open timber roof of scissor-braced trusses. West gallery with timber front. Stained glass windows include one on the south side of the chancel depicting St Luke, in memory of Richard Clark (d.1838), and 5 windows in memory of members of the Whalley family.

Listing NGR: SD4787362572