St Luke's Church, Manchester
Coordinates: 53°30′13″N 2°14′4″W / 53.50361°N 2.23444°W
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St Luke's Church was an Anglican parish church in the Cheetham Hill district of Manchester, England. The structure is now mostly derelict.
The church of St Luke was a Commissioners' church,[1] situated on the corner of Cheetham Hill Road and Smedley Lane. The building was completed in 1839, using ashlar, to a Perpendicular Gothic design by T. W. Atkinson. Although now mostly derelict, the tower and west end of the aisles and vestry survive and are classified as a Grade II listed building.[2] Construction had commenced in 1836.[3]
A wealthy local resident and enthusiastic amateur musician, J. W. Fraser, commissioned William Hill to design and install a three-manual church organ in the German System style. This was completed in 1840.[4] Mendelssohn gave a recital using this instrument in April 1847.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Parkinson-Bailey, John J. (2000). Manchester: An Architectural History. Manchester University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-71905-606-2.
- ↑ "Ruins of Church of St Luke". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). Buildings of England: South Lancashire: The Industrial and Commercial South (Reprinted, revised ed.). Yale University Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-30009-615-6.
- ↑ Thistlethwaite, Nicholas (1999). The Making of the Victorian Organ. Cambridge University Press. pp. 178, 202, 466. ISBN 978-0-52166-364-9.
- ↑ "Dr Mendelssohn's organ recital: 'considerable curiosity and interest were excited'". The Guardian. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
External links
- "St Luke's, Cheetham - Records held". National Archives.