St Luke's Church, Carluke is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. 1 related planning application.
St Luke's Church, Carluke
- WRENN ID
- far-casement-vale
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke MP: Pamela Nash (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1971
- OS grid reference
- NS 843 507
- Coordinates
- 55.73655, -3.84351
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Luke’s Church, Carluke, was originally built in 1799 by Henry Bell, incorporating earlier fabric, with alterations and additions in 1890 and 1912. Initially a square-plan church with a gabled design, a pinnacled central tower and porch were added in 1890. Subsequent additions to the rear resulted in an asymmetrical plan.
This is a well-preserved late 18th century church. According to architectural historian G Hay, the Laird’s loft is a feature of particular interest. The church is the sole documented work of Henry Bell (1767-1830), who is more widely recognised as a pioneer of steam navigation, but who previously worked as an architect builder within the Glasgow firm of Bell and Paterson Builders.
The church appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of around 1864. The front addition is shown on the second edition map, dating from approximately 1898, and further additions are documented on the third (1913) and fourth (1948) Ordnance Survey maps.
Local climate
St Luke's Church, Carluke sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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