Church of St Luke
CHURCH OF ST LUKE, JUDE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1253074
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Luke
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LUKE, JUDE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1253074
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Luke
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST LUKE, JUDE STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST LUKE, JUDE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Newham (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 39828 81146
Details
The following building shall be added:
TQ 38 SE CANNING TOWN JUDE STREET
(north-west side)
251-/3/10002 CHURCH OF ST LUKE
II
Church. 1873-5 by Giles and Gane for Henry Boyd, vicar of neighbouring St Marks from
which the new parish was detached. Yellow stock brick with red rubbed window arches and
bands, stone dressings, slate roof. The church is orientated northwards, the direction of the
liturgical eastern apse. Two-bay transepts either side of chancel, five-bay nave (two steps lower)
with arcades and narrow lean-to aisles. Double door in stone porch under 2-light window with
decorated plate tracery at west end. Paired lancets to nave linked by bands; 2-light plate tracery
to transepts; in the apse an arcade of lancets under stone hoods with banding and floreated
roundels, alternately pierced. Between the transepts on line of chancel is a single stone buttress,
above which rises an octagonal timber fleche.
The interior has two five-bay arcades with roll mouldings and hoods, stylised floral capitals.
Elaborate timber roof with turned tie-beams, king posts, collars and bracing. Chancel denoted
by paired truss on stone columns on pointed stops reminiscent of the style of William
Butterfield. Open ironwork screen to south transept; the north divided from the first to
include vestries and organ chamber. The pulpit, lectern, litany desk and communion rails of
wrought iron date from the 1890s. The chancel apse is entirely panelled with stone arcading in
three tiers, filled c.1893 with mosaics, the tall middle range depicting the twelve apostles with
at their centre a reredos showing the Ascension. The three east lancets depict St Luke, Christ
and St Cedd, c.1950.
Source. Council for the Care of Churches, report December 1980.
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In the entry for:
TQ 38 SE CANNING TOWN JUDE STREET
(north-west side)
251-/3/10002 St Luke's Church
II
the description shall be amended to read as follows:
Church. 1873-5 by Giles and Gane for Henry Boyd, vicar of neighbouring St Mark's from which
the new parish was detached. Yellow stock brick with red rubbed window arches and bands, stone
dressings, slate roof. The church is oriented northwards, the direction of the liturgical eastern apse.
Two-bay transepts either side of chancel, five-bay nave (two steps lower) with arcades and narrow
lean-to aisles. Double door in stone porch under 2-light window with decorated plate tracery at
west end. Paired lancets to nave linked by bands; 2-light plate tracery to transepts; in the apse an
arcade of lancets under stone hoods with banding and floreated roundels, alternately pierced.
Between the transepts on line of chancel is a single stone buttress, above which rises an octagonal
timber fleche.
The interior has two five-bay arcades with roll mouldings and hoods, stylised floral capitals.
Elaborate timber roof with turned tie-beams, king posts, collars and bracing. Chancel denoted by
paired truss on stone columns on pointed stops reminiscent of the style of William Butterfield.
Many original fittings removed, but there survives open ironwork screen to south transept; the
north aisle divided from the first to include vestries and organ chamber. Communion rails of
wrought iron date from the 1890s. The chancel apse is entirely panelled with stone arcading in
three tiers, filled c.1893 with mosaics, the tall middle range depicting the twelve apostles with at
their centre a reredos showing the Ascension. The three east lancets depict St Luke, Christ and St
Cedd, c.1950.
Listing NGR: TQ3982881146
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 436204
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Report, 1980,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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