St Luke's Church, Oakhanger

St Luke's Church, Oakhanger
St Luke's Church, Oakhanger
St Luke's Church, Oakhanger Location in Cheshire
53.0875°N 2.3525°W / 53.0875; -2.3525
OS grid reference	SJ 765 545
Location	Church Lane, Oakhanger, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Luke, Oakhanger
History
Status	Mission church
Dedication	Saint Luke
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	14 June 1984
Architectural type	Chapel
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1870
Specifications
Materials	Brick, tiled roof
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Chester
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Deanery	Congleton
Parish	Alsager
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Toby May
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Geoff Chatterley Andrew Smith
Parish administrator	Debbie Preston

St Luke's Church is in Church Lane, Oakhanger, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican mission church in the parish of Christ Church, Alsager, the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[2]

History

The building was originally a school chapel with an attached master's house that was erected in 1870.^[3]

Architecture

St Luke's is constructed in red brick and stands on a blue brick plinth. It is roofed with blue tiles. The plan consists of a two-bay nave, a lower and narrower chancel, and a porch. On the ridge of the roof is a bellcote, set diagonally.^[2] The windows have pointed arches and contain intersecting glazing bars.^[3] Inside the church is an oak pulpit.^[2] The altar incorporates a panel containing the figures of Faith, Hope, and Charity.^[3]

See also

• Listed buildings in Haslington

References

1. St Luke's Mission Church, Oakhanger, Church of England, retrieved 22 March 2012
2. Historic England, "The Church of St Luke, Haslington (1330072)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 March 2012
3. Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 392, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6