Church of St Luke is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1966. Church.

Church of St Luke

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Constituency
Sefton Central MP: Bill Esterson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1966
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Luke, St Luke's Church Road, Formby
OS grid reference
SD 280 067
Coordinates
53.55209, -3.08732
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Luke, built between 1852 and 1853 by W. Culshaw, is located on St. Luke's Church Road in Formby. This Grade II listed church features rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The structure includes a nave, transepts, chancel, and a south porch.

The five-bay nave is characterized by 2-light windows with simple Geometrical tracery set between weathered buttresses. The west front showcases a window with three trefoil-headed lights, complete with shafts and a segmental hood mould that continues as a drip mould. Below this is the foundation stone, and above, a rose window. The exterior is further enhanced by diagonal buttresses and a bellcote. The south porch is supported by clasping buttresses.

The transepts also feature diagonal buttresses and 2-light windows with louvred trefoils; the north transept includes an east entrance and chimney, while the south transept has an east entrance with a window above. The chancel is adorned with a parapet that has quatrefoil piercings, gabled angle buttresses, and a three-light east window.

Inside, the church boasts arch-braced collar trusses resting on corbels, and there is notable stained glass in the west windows. The arches leading to the transepts die into the jambs, with a north organ loft and south vestry. Additional features include a brass altar rail and a Norman font of simple design with cable moulding.

Local climate

Church of St Luke sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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