Church of St Luke is a Grade I listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1954. A 1824 Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St Luke
- WRENN ID
- tattered-foundation-alder
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1954
- Type
- Church
- Period
- 1824
- Address
- Church of St Luke, Sydney Street Sw3, SW3 6NH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 271 783
- Coordinates
- 51.48964, -0.16935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Luke is a church built in 1824, designed by architect James Savage. It is constructed of stone and features a Late Gothic style, characterized by flying buttresses above the aisles, an open arcaded west front, and a delicately embattled west tower with pinnacles. Inside, the church has a galleried interior and a stone vaulted roof.
Local climate
Church of St Luke sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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