Church of St. Luke, Gloucester

The Church of St. Luke, High Orchard, Gloucester, was a Church of England church built and endowed by the reverend Samuel Lysons, rector of Rodmarton, who was also the first minister.

A stained glass window from St Luke's now in Holy Trinity Church, Longlevens.
St Luke's Church (centre) within High Orchard, Gloucester, on a c.1880 Ordnance Survey map.

History

The church was designed by the architect Thomas Fulljames of Gloucester in what The Gentleman's Magazine described as "a neat structure in the later style of Early English".[1] It was consecrated in 1841.[2]

The first minister was Samuel Lysons, rector of Rodmarton. He resigned in 1866.

The curate in 1846 was Lewis Alexander Beck.[3]

St Luke's was demolished in 1934 and stained glass from the building, much of it German or Dutch of the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, was reused at Holy Trinity Church, Longlevens.[4]

References
  1. "Domestic Occurrences", The Gentleman's Magazine, 1841, p. 644.
  2. St. Luke, High Orchard. British History Online. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. Venn, John. & J. A. Venn. (Editor) (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times to 1900. Volume 2: From 1752 to 1900. Part 1: Abbey to Challis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-108-03611-5.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. Historic England. "Church of the Holy Trinity (1419405)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

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