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Church of St Luke the Physician

A Grade II Listed Building in Sharston, Manchester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3895 / 53°23'22"N

Longitude: -2.2555 / 2°15'19"W

OS Eastings: 383103

OS Northings: 388101

OS Grid: SJ831881

Mapcode National: GBR DYP7.HP

Mapcode Global: WHBB1.B25D

Plus Code: 9C5V9PQV+QQ

Entry Name: Church of St Luke the Physician

Listing Date: 9 March 1982

Last Amended: 6 June 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1208220

English Heritage Legacy ID: 387956

Also known as: St Luke's Church, Wythenshawe

ID on this website: 101208220

Location: Church of St Luke the Physician, Sharston, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M22

County: Manchester

Electoral Ward/Division: Sharston

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Sale

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Benchill St Luke

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

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Description


MANCHESTER

SJ88NW BROWNLEY ROAD, Sharston 698-1/11/819 (East side) 09/03/82 Church of St Luke the Physician (Formerly Listed as: BROWNLEY ROAD, Sharston (East side) Church of St Luke)

II

Church. 1938-9, by Taylor and Young. Light brown brick in English garden wall bond (roof concealed). Modern functionalist style. Nave with west tower, north and south aisles with porches and side offices, short chancel. Rectangular tower to same width as nave, with short triangular buttresses flanking a square-headed doorway, plain wall except for very large geometrical-floral clock, parapet and very low set-back louvre stage with steeply-pitched hipped roof. Flat-roofed aisles have projected triangular west ends flanking tower, a projected porch at each end of north aisle and corresponding projected offices to south aisle, and very small star-shaped windows with pentagonal surrounds. Nave has 7 pairs of tall square-headed lancets. Short one-bay chancel has concrete cross in place of east window. Interior (reported 09.03.82): basilican character, with low passage-aisles, chamfered piers terminating with lights, flat concrete-beamed ceiling; side-lit chancel with relief figures of angels.

Listing NGR: SJ8310388101

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