St Luke's Church, Pendleton

St Luke's Church, Pendleton

St Luke's Church is an Anglican church in which stands on raised ground in Liverpool Street, Pendleton, Salford. The church, in the parish of Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy, is part of the Salford All Saints Team Ministry in the Salford deanery and the Manchester diocese.[1] It is designated a grade II* listed building.[2]

Architecture

The church was designed in the Neo-Gothic style by the architect George Gilbert Scott and opened in 1865. In 1878 a chancel chapel was added to the east end of the north aisle in memory of Edward Tootal, an early benefactor. The church is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with a plain tiled roof. The nave has a clerestory and aisles and the tower is supported by large circular columns with carved capitals. The chancel has a striking decorated roof and a semicircular apse and attached parallel chapels. The church is rich in stained glass, some by Charles Eamer Kempe, and has a fine organ.[2][3]

Since the building was renovated in the 1920s it has remained largely unchanged.

Events

Emmeline Goulden, leader of the British suffragette movement married Richard Pankhurst at St Luke's on 18 February 1879.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Salford All Saints Team Ministry Website". Salford All Saints Team Ministry. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Name: CHURCH OF ST LUKE List entry Number: 1386145". English Heritage. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 "St Lukes". Salford All Saints Team Ministry. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

Coordinates: 53°29′02″N 2°18′10″W / 53.483923°N 2.302661°W / 53.483923; -2.302661

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