St Luke's Church of England, Brisbane is a heritage-listed former church and now restaurant at 18 Charlotte Street, Brisbane City,

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, Australia. It was designed by

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and built in by John Steward & Co. It is also known as Pancake Manor. It was added to the

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on 21 October 1992.

History

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The site was purchased in 1903 by the Church of England for a new mission church. Prior to this, the mission had rented rooms throughout

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and St Luke's provided its first permanent home. On 3 February 1904 the foundation stone of St Luke's Church was laid by His Excellency, Sir

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. St Luke's served as a temporary cathedral between the demolition of St Johns Pro-Cathedral, 1904 and the opening of

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in 1910. Architect, John Smith Murdoch, was commissioned to design a church which would utilise fully the limited site area. Murdoch, who was an architect for the Queensland Works Department (1894-1903); Chief Architect for Home Affairs (1919-1922) and Chief Architect of the Commonwealth (1926-30) took leave of absence to design St Luke's and Webber House. St Luke's was purpose built for the Mission headquarters, providing meeting rooms in the basement. John Steward & Co constructed St Luke's which was dedicated on 14 August 1904 by the Administrator, the Venerable Arthur Evan David,

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. On St Thomas Day, 21 December 1904,

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was enthroned as Bishop of Brisbane in St Luke's. The ceremony was well attended by prominent clergy members and, as the church could only seat 402 people, entry was restricted to ticket holders only. After 1910 St Luke's served its intended purpose as the headquarters of the Anglican Church Mission. The Mission was an

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group which worked amongst the disadvantaged supplying food and shelter for the destitute and saving young girls from moral degradation. It also provided ministering to districts without parishes or churches. It ran several youth clubs, including the Newsboys Club, providing social companionship and spiritual guidance for the members. In 1908 the Overseas Girls Club was founded and later the hall was used as a meeting and recreational venue for the Girls Friendly Society. The Anzac Club at St Luke's Church of England, Charlotte Street Brisbane

The Anzac Club at St Luke's Church of England, Charlotte Street Brisbane

During the

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Canon David Garland, resident Chaplain of St Luke's, was Director of the Soldiers Church of England Help Society and the Mission corresponded with servicemen at the front. An Anzac Club was opened at St Luke's for returned soldiers and the hall was used for Sunday teas and dances. On 18 June 1917 a Nurses Honour Board was unveiled in St Luke's War Chapel in recognition of those who served in

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. During the

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St Luke's provided a meeting place and Saturday night dances for soldiers stationed in Brisbane. St Luke's remained the Mission Headquarters until the 1950s and the meeting place of the Synod of the Diocese until 1977, after which St Luke's was no longer needed for church purposes. In 1979 St Luke's Church was converted into a restaurant, the Pancake Manor.

Description

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St Luke's is a finely detailed brick building in the

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whose predominant feature is the massive relieving archway containing vertical openings at the end of the

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. It has a complicated roof form combining both

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and

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, along with a small octagonal tower near the entry. The roof sheeting is rolled iron. The plain brickwork is punctuated by bands of different coloured brick and the occasional use of stone around windows and doors. The building has the unusual arrangement of having entries to both floor levels at the chancel end in an attempt to optimise the building's orientation. The major entry to the upper church level is defined by a recessed

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. The exterior and interior finishes of the building are particularly intact, despite the building's change of use, installation of kitchen facilities, and inappropriate interior door and external signage.

Heritage listing

St Luke's was listed on the

on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. St Luke's was purpose built as a hall with meeting rooms to assist the Church of England Mission in its role of providing Christian charity to the community and ministering to districts without parishes or churches. St Luke's has religious significance as the Anglican Pro-Cathedral, 1904-1910, as the Mission Headquarters, 1904-1950s, and as the meeting place of the Synod of the Diocese until 1977 and socially significant as a recreational venue for Anglican youth groups and World War I and World War 2 veterans. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places. The quality of its polychrome brickwork and picturesque roof forms make the building visually appealing, and is a successful example of a building designed to fulfil the dual purpose of both Mission headquarters and Church. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. The quality of its polychrome brickwork and picturesque roof forms make the building visually appealing, and is a successful example of a building designed to fulfil the dual purpose of both Mission headquarters and Church. The scale and materials of this building form a visual complement to the other buildings in the precinct, notably the red facebrick facades of John Mills Himself and the John Reid and Nephews buildings. The place is important in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period. The quality of its polychrome brickwork and picturesque roof forms make the building visually appealing, and is a successful example of a building designed to fulfil the dual purpose of both Mission headquarters and Church. The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. St Luke's has religious significance as the Anglican Pro-Cathedral, 1904-1910, as the Mission Headquarters, 1904-1950s, and as the meeting place of the Synod of the Diocese until 1977 and socially significant as a recreational venue for Anglican youth groups and World War I and World War 2 veterans. The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history. The church was designed by John S Murdoch who was commissioned by the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane to design St Luke's and Webber House in 1904.

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