Church Of St Aidan And St Luke

Church of St Aidan and St Luke

Parish church dated 1933, designed by Flockton & Son. Internal alterations were carried out in 1975 by Professor Murta. The building is constructed of uncoursed squared stone with ashlar and concrete dressings, and is roofed in Westmorland slate. It is designed in the Gothic Revival style.

The church plan comprises a sanctuary, chancel with clerestory, side chapel, organ chamber and vestries, transepts, crossing tower, and a nave with clerestory and aisles. There are west porches. The building sits on a plinth and features moulded coped gables.

The windows are predominantly flat-headed untraceried lancets. The sanctuary has a single bay and contains a traceried 2-light window to the south. The chancel spans two bays with a traceried 3-light pointed arch window to the east, flanked by tall single lancets with transoms. The south side of the chancel has two 3-light windows, and the north side a similar window. The south side chapel has a projecting shouldered gable to the east with a 2-light window flanked by single light windows, and to the west a 3-light window. The organ chamber is two storeys with a 2-light window to the north. The adjoining vestry features a flat-roofed porch with moulded coping, a segmental pointed door, and a single light window to the west.

The transepts contain tall segmental pointed recesses, each housing a traceried 3-light pointed arch window flanked by tall flat-headed single lancets, all with transoms. The square crossing tower is a single stage with clasping buttresses featuring traceried panels at their heads and small louvred openings on each side. It is topped by a pyramidal roof with weathercock.

The west end features a tall segmental pointed arched recess containing a tall traceried 3-light pointed arch window flanked by tall flat-headed single lancets with transoms. The aisles have 3-light windows to the east. The western end has a coped gable flanked by buttresses and containing a pointed arched double door with fanlight, with a 2-light window above.

The interior is ashlar faced throughout with 4-centred arches. The sanctuary has a moulded arch with a full width blind arcade above. The chancel has arches on either side, with the taller northern arch containing the organ. Further west are larger arches to the side chapel and vestry. A low pitched late 20th-century ceiling with moulded beams spans the space. The south side chapel has a lean-to roof and transverse arch, with a marble and slate reredos at the east end. The south-east window contains stained glass dated 1958.

The crossing features moulded arches on each side with a panelled ceiling. The transepts have smaller chamfered arches to the east and west, those to the west fitted with glazed wooden screens. The south transept contains stained glass south windows dated 1945.

The nave has a flat ceiling with moulded beams, with its west end separated by a late 20th-century concrete and wood glazed screen carrying a mezzanine floor. Below this is an entrance lobby with a late 20th-century door to the north. The aisles have lean-to roofs. The north aisle has a glazed door with overlight to the east.

Fittings include a 19th-century desk and chair, and late 20th-century wooden pulpit, altar rail, and lectern.