Church of St Luke

The Church of St Luke is a parish church built in 1853 by R. Armstrong, located in Silverdale, Newcastle under Lyme. It is constructed from coursed and squared rubble with a plain tiled roof featuring scalloped bands, showcasing a Decorated style. The church includes a southeast tower and spire, a nave with two aisles, and a chancel. The tower is buttressed and consists of three stages, featuring paired lights in the lower stage, a clock above, and paired bell-chamber lights. It has a corbel table and an octagonal brooch spire, along with a polygonal stair-turret at the northeast angle. The south aisle has a porch that is buttressed and has a coped gable over a simple chamfered archway. The buttresses divide the aisle walls into bays, which are adorned with two-light Decorated windows. The west door is set in an ogee arch with heavy mouldings, and there is a three-light window above it. The east window of the chancel features four lights.

Inside, the church has five bays of Early English style arcades with alternate cylindrical and octagonal shafts. Raking trusses support collars with queen struts leading to a wind-braced roof. The chancel arch is simply moulded. The chancel contains encaustic tiles, possibly by Minton, and features the Stanier memorial, a large wall tablet erected in 1856 with a bust beneath a wide ogee arch flanked by pinnacles, richly decorated with niches, crockets, and foliate designs. The stained glass includes a badly corroded representation of the Life of Christ in the east window, which is undated, while figures of saints in the north and south aisles date from 1892 and 1897. The church retains its original oak pews, and the chancel screen, which serves as a war memorial, features three traceried arches and a cross above.