Latitude: 54.0565 / 54°3'23"N
Longitude: -2.7978 / 2°47'51"W
OS Eastings: 347873
OS Northings: 462572
OS Grid: SD478625
Mapcode National: GBR 8PXJ.2M
Mapcode Global: WH847.090L
Plus Code: 9C6V3642+HV
Entry Name: Church of St Luke
Listing Date: 13 March 1995
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1195002
English Heritage Legacy ID: 383188
ID on this website: 101195002
Location: St Luke's Church, Skerton, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1
County: Lancashire
District: Lancaster
Electoral Ward/Division: Skerton East
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lancaster
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Skerton St Luke
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
Tagged with: Church building
LANCASTER
SD4762 MAIN ROAD, Skerton 1685-1/3/340 (West side (off)) Church of St Luke
II
Parish church. 1833, with late C19 addition. Squared coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings. Slate roof with overhanging eaves. PLAN: west tower, a nave with north and south aisles under a continuous roof, and an added north vestry. EXTERIOR: the tower is of 3 stages with diagonal buttresses, corner pinnacles, and an embattled parapet. The west doorway is pointed and chamfered in 2 orders and has doors with blind tracery decoration. Above is a window of triple stepped lancets. The bell openings are single lancets. Single lancet windows light the west ends of the aisles. The north and south walls are of 7 bays separated by buttresses, with a single lancet window to each bay, and diagonal buttresses at the corners. The eastern end of the north wall is now covered by the added vestry. The east window is a triple stepped lancet flanked by single lancets lighting the aisles. INTERIOR: open timber roof of scissor-braced trusses. West gallery with timber front. Stained glass windows include one on the south side of the chancel depicting St Luke, in memory of Richard Clark (d.1838), and 5 windows in memory of members of the Whalley family.
Listing NGR: SD4787362572
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