Description

SJ 58 NW FORMER BOROUGH OF WIDNES PIT LANE
Farnworth

2/94 Church of St. Luke

30.5.63 II*

Parish Church 1190 with C14 tower and alterations in C17 and C19. Red
sandstone with slate roof. Square west tower 5 bay nave,side aisles,
a south transept and chancel narrower and less lofty than the nave.
Entrance porches are opposite in north and south aisles. Tower has
corner buttresses, curvilinear west window and smaller louvred
windows to all faced at bell-stage. Aisle windows curvilinear or
lancet forms but there are perpendicular windows in the chancel and
south transept. Clerestorey windows are pitched dormers, very little
stained glass. The tower, chancel and transept are crenellated and
the chancel has crocketted finials.
Interior arcade gothic arches supported on octagonal columns with
exception of the 2 north east bays which are circular with stiff leaf
caps and common to the memorial chapel. The chancel has choir stalls
with poppyheads. Oak screens separate the chapel from the north
aisle and nave and the choir from the organ chamber. The chancel has
a fine panelled oak ceiling and the nave braced collar trusses. The
chapel contains good alabaster and marble monuments from 1635 and
1822.

Listing NGR: SJ5170687751

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Luke's Church, Farnworth at Wikipedia
• St Luke's Church, Farnworth official website
• Wikidata Q7594045

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)