St Luke's, Redcliffe Gardens, is an Anglican church in

Redcliffe Gardens Redcliffe Gardens is a primary road, the A3220 located in the Chelsea area of southwest central London, England (postcode SW10). It was a development dated from 1864 to 1878. Redcliffe Gardens runs southeast through Redcliffe Square as par ...

, bordering on

Redcliffe Square Redcliffe Square is a town square located in the Brompton area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, southwest of central London, (postcode SW10). Redcliffe Square Gardens are located in the square. The development was part of the v ...

, London. It was built in 1872–73 to designs by George and Henry Godwin. It has been

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

since 2003. Pevsner describes it as "the last and the grandest of the three Kensington churches by the Godwins". The other two are St Mary, The Boltons (1849–50) and St Jude's, Courtfield Gardens (1870). It's chiefly remarkable for the quantity of sculptural embellishment, he says, including the celebration of Psalm 150 in the sanctuary.Pevsner, Nicholas. ''London 3: North West'' (1991) During the early 1950s composer

Francis Routh Francis John Routh (5 January 1927 – 27 November 2021) was an English composer and author. Education Born in Kidderminster, Routh attended Malvern College and Harrow School before serving in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (1945-8). He rea ...

began holding new music concerts in the church that led to the Redcliffe Festival between 1957 and 1961, and to the formation of the Redcliffe Concerts of British Music series (1963-1989).

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* * Grade II listed churches in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Church of England church buildings in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea {{London-church-stub