St Luke's Church is an Anglican church that stands on raised ground in Liverpool Street, Pendleton,

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. The church, in the parish of Weaste,

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and Langworthy, is part of the Salford All Saints Team Ministry in the Salford deanery and the Manchester diocese. It was designated as a Grade II*

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in 1980.

Architecture

The church was designed in the

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style by the architect George Gilbert Scott and opened in 1865. In 1878 a

chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse. Ov ...

chapel was added to the east end of the north

aisle An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, certain types of buildings, such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, par ...

in memory of Edward Tootal, an early benefactor. The church is constructed of coursed

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rubble with a plain tiled roof. The

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...

has a clerestory and aisles and the tower is supported by large circular

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with carved capitals. The chancel has a striking decorated roof and a semicircular

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and attached parallel chapels. The church is rich in stained glass, some by

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. The organ was originally built in 1865 by the London-based firm, William Hill & Sons. It was rebuilt in 1947 by the Liverpool firm, Rushworth and Dreaper, and dedicated to those people of the Parish who lost their lives during the Second World War, (most of the original 1865 pipe work remains). From 1947 - 2006, the organist was Mr Eric Chadwick, FRMCM FRCO, who was the resident organist and Chorus Master to the

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until the mid 1970s. He was also Professor of Organ at the Royal Northern College of Music, past pupils include the renowned recitalist, Gordon Stewart. The organ is now in a bad state of repair, with the need of a major overhaul. Since the building was renovated in the 1920s it has remained largely unchanged. The church is currently on the National

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because of damage caused by its leaking roof. The current incumbent is Daniel Burton.

Events

Emmeline Goulden, leader of the British suffragette movement married

Richard Pankhurst Richard Marsden Pankhurst (1834 – 5 July 1898) was an English barrister and socialist who was a strong supporter of women's rights. Early life Richard Pankhurst was the son of Henry Francis Pankhurst (1806–1873) and Margaret Marsden (1 ...

at St Luke's on 18 February 1879.

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