History
The original church was built in 1849, and designed by Miles Thompson of Kendal. It was rebuilt in 1884 to a design by the Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin. 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 Nikolaus Pevsner, Pevsner as being "chunky" and "robust". It is constructed in dressed slate with sandstone dressings and slate roofs. Its plan consists of a three-bay (architecture), bay 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, louver, louvred bell openings, a Coping (architecture), coped cornice, and a low pyramidal roof surmounted by a fish weathervane. Internally, the tower is supported by round arches. The church contains a plain octagonal baptismal font, font. The two-manual (music), manual organ was built by Young in 1899. The organ was restored by Roger Mallinson of Windermere in 2014/2015. Nikolaus Pevsner, Pevsner wrote that "one would have to search far and search long in England to find village churches to vie with" this and two other Austin and Paley churches, St Mark's Church, Dolphinholme, Dolphinholme and St Peter's Church, Finsthwaite, Finsthwaite.See also
*Listed buildings in Torver *List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and AustinReferences
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