St Luke's Church, Orrell

St Luke's Church, Orrell
East end of St Luke's Church, Orrell
St Luke's Church, Orrell Location in Greater Manchester
Location	Lodge Road, Orrell, Wigan, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Luke, Orrell
History
Dedication	Saint Luke
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Henry Paley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1926
Completed	1938
Administration
Parish	St Luke, Orrell
Deanery	Wigan
Archdeaconry	Warrington
Diocese	Liverpool
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Peter Graham Whittington

St Luke's Church is in Lodge Road, Orrell, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool.

History

The three west bays of St Luke's were built in 1926–27, but the remainder was not completed until 1939. It had been planned to have a southwest tower, but this was never built. The church was designed by Henry Paley of the Lancaster firm of architects Austin and Paley.

Architecture

The church is designed mainly in Perpendicular style, and has a polygonal apse at the east end. Inside the church, the arcades are carried on octagonal piers. Under the chancel arch is a low wall with an integral pulpit. The sedilia and furnishings were designed by the architects, and include an octagonal font.

External features

The churchyard contains the war graves of a soldier and three airmen of World War II.

See also

• List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1916–44)
• List of churches in Greater Manchester