St Luke's Church, Blakenhall

St Luke's Church, Blakenhall
St Luke's Church, Blakenhall
Coordinates: 52°34′20.21″N 2°7′47.28″W / 52.5722806°N 2.1298000°W / 52.5722806; -2.1298000
Location Blakenhall
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Conservative Evangelical
History
Status Active
Dedication St Luke
Consecrated 18 July 1861
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade II* listed
Architect(s) George Thomas Robinson
Groundbreaking 1860
Completed 1861
Closed 2014
Administration
Parish Wolverhampton St Luke
Deanery Wolverhampton
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Walsall
Diocese Diocese of Lichfield
Clergy
Bishop(s) The Rt Revd Rod Thomas (AEO)
Vicar(s) The Revd Richard Espin-Bradley

St Luke's Church, Blakenhall is a Grade II* listed[1] parish church in the Church of England in Blakenhall, Wolverhampton.[2]

History

The foundation stone was laid on 26 June 1860 by Revd. W. Dalton, vicar of St Philip’s Church, Penn.[3] It was designed by the architect G.T. Robinson of Leamington Spa, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield on 18 July 1861.[4]

Pevsner describes the church as furiously unruly.

Present day

In 2014 it was announced that parts of the tower and spire were unsafe, and the roof and floor had dry rot, and the Diocese of Lichfield was seeking formal closure of the church, as the congregation was unable to raise funding to match that offered by English Heritage to repair the church.[5] The congregation are currently worshipping in St Luke's Primary School.

St Luke's Church is within the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England, and it has passed resolutions to reject the ordination of women.[6] It receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Maidstone (currently Rod Thomas).[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Church of St Luke, Wolverhampton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ↑ The Buildings of England. Staffordshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710469 p.322
  3. ↑ "New Church at Wolverhampton". Staffordshire Advertiser. Stafford. 30 June 1860. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Blakenhall Church, St Luke's". Staffordshire Advertiser. Stafford. 13 July 1861. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Legal move to close disused Wolverhampton church as cost of repairs to building tops £1m". Express and Star. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Christmas 2016 Newsletter" (pdf). bishopofmaidstone.org. December 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Confirmation at St Luke's Wolverhampton". Bishop of Maidstone. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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