St Luke is a

Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

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church in

Chiddingstone Causeway Chiddingstone Causeway is a village west of Tonbridge in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Chiddingstone and the local government district of Sevenoaks. The village is served by Penshurst Station on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line w ...

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. It was built in 1897–1898 to a design by John Francis Bentley in a loosely Decorated Gothic Revival style, replacing a

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(erected circa 1873). According to Pevsner, the church was financed by the Hill family and

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recommended Bentley to him. It was the only Protestant church designed by Bentley. Since 2019 the church has been part of the High Weald Churches benefice of

Penshurst Penshurst is a historic village and civil parishes in England, civil parish located in a valley upon the northern slopes of the Weald, Kentish Weald, at the confluence of the River Medway and the River Eden, Kent, River Eden, within the Seveno ...

Chiddingstone Chiddingstone is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Sevenoaks (district), Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. The parish is located on the River Eden, Kent, River Eden between Tonbridge and Edenbridge, Kent, Edenbrid ...

, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone Causeway. The altar window is the work of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiddingstone Causeway, St Luke's Church Grade II* listed churches in Kent Sevenoaks District Church of England church buildings in Kent