St Luke's Church is in the village of
Torver
Torver is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south west of the village of Coniston, Cumbria, Coniston and west of Coniston Water.
Farming has always played an important par ...
,
Cumbria, England. It is an active
Anglican
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parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the
diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the
National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II
listed building.
History
The original church was built in 1849, and designed by Miles Thompson of
Kendal
Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south-east of Windermere and north of Lancaster. Historically in Westmorland, it lies within the dale of th ...
. It was rebuilt in 1884 to a design by the
Lancaster partnership of
Paley and Austin
Sharpe, Paley and Austin are the surnames of architects who practised in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, between 1835 and 1946, working either alone or in partnership. The full names of the principals in their practice, which went under vario ...
. It provided seating for 150 people, and cost £1,350 (equivalent to £ in ).
Architecture
St Luke's is described by the architectural historians Hyde and
Pevsner as being "chunky" and "robust".
It is constructed in dressed
slate
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with
sandstone dressings and slate roofs. Its plan consists of a three-
bay
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nave and a
chancel, with a tower between them. On the north side is a
vestry, and on the south side is a porch. The windows and the entrance are round-headed, the entrance arch being decorated with zigzags (a motif typical of
Norman architecture). At the west end are a pair of windows, and at the east end are three windows, the central one being wider than the others. The tower has
buttresses on the north and south sides,
louvred bell openings, a
coped cornice
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, and a low pyramidal roof surmounted by a fish
weathervane. Internally, the tower is supported by round arches. The church contains a plain octagonal
font
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In mod ...
.
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organ was built by Young in 1899.Finsthwaite
Finsthwaite is a small village in the South Lakeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located near the Furness Fells and Windermere. Finsthwaite has a place of worship, St Peter's Church, and a Bobbin Mill called Stott Park Bo ...
.
See also
*Listed buildings in Torver
Torver is a civil parish in the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England. It contains ten Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I ...
*List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin
Paley and Austin was the title of a practice of architects in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, in the 19th century. The practice had been founded in 1836 by Edmund Sharpe. The architects during the period covered by t ...
References
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Church of England church buildings in Cumbria
Diocese of Carlisle
Grade II listed churches in Cumbria
Romanesque Revival church buildings in England
Churches completed in 1884
19th-century Church of England church buildings
Paley and Austin buildings