Kew: St Luke
Diocese of Southwark
Church, 637329
Victorian/Pre-WW1
Overview
Grid reference: TQ 189 763
The church is faced with rock-faced stonework laid in regular courses with cappings and dressings of stone and roof coverings of red tiles. The style is consistently that of the early 13th century.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Western narthex, nave with north and south aisles, chanccel and south chapel, a south west tower was intended but not built.
Description of Archaeology and History
The foundation stone was laid in 1888; the architects were Goldie, Child and Goldie.
Exterior Description
The church is faced with rock-faced stonework laid in regular courses with cappings and dressings of stone and roof coverings of red tiles. The style is consistently that of the early 13th century.
In the centre of the west front is an elegant triple-shafted doorway, set slightly forward under a stone gable. Above the door is a tall and wide shafted arch, flanked by two narrower arches of the same kind. The two side arches are blind, but under the centre arch is a window of five trefoiled lancet lights in plate tracery. In the apex of the gable is pierced a cusped segmental-sided triangle. The appearance of the wall is somewhat marred by the toothings for the tower which was never built. More toothings of the same kind appear on the south wall. Both the side elevations of the church are substantially the same with single lights in the aisles corresponding to paired lights in the clerestory. The large south porch is considerably taller than the aisle which it abuts; the multiple moulded door of the porch has two attached shafts with plain capitals. Over the door is a large empty niche with a shaft at each side and a trefoiled head.
The chancel is slightly lower than the nave and the clerestory is of single lights only. The east wall has corner buttresses and between them are three equal lancet windows under a. continuous drip-moulding. In the head of the gable is a cusped vesica. At the south side of the chancel is a substantial chapel with a pitched roof and a rose window at each end. Unlike the rest of the building, the chapel has a parapet marked off from the rest of the wall by a corbel-table, which is hardly more than an elaborate string-course.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior of the church appears much smaller than one would expect from the outside. One reason for this is that the western part is treated as a narthex, opening into the nave through a tall pointed arch with massive attached demi-columns. The nave itself is of five bays of triple moulded arches on plain columns with moulded abaci. Both arcades have a continuous label moulding without stops. The windows of the clerestorey are grouped in pairs above each arch, and the nave is covered with a waggon roof. The large chancel arch is of the same size as that at the west end but has triple responds rather than one large column. The chancel itself is three bays deep; the arches are smaller than those in the nave, and have a single band of nail-head decoration in each arch Unlike the nave the chancel is roofed with a quadripartite timber vault; the vaults come down on to large corbels, framing the single-light clerestory windows. The three-light window. has a triple rere-arch with ring shafts attached, and below the window are a double picina and some unfilled reredos panels, all framed by cusped pointed arches.
The chapel on the south side of the chancel is reached from the south side aisle through a doorway with a stepped segmental head. The chapel has a timber roof of five canted sides which frames a rose window at each end.
Fixtures and fittings
Font (object)
An octagonal marble font of brown marble with a central shaft and clustered colonnettes of contrasting colour.
Organ (object)
The original twp-manual Father Willis organ was modernisedand enlarged in 1938 by F. R Tunks & Son.
Screen
An elaborate screen, designed by Sir R. Lorimer as a memorial to those killed in the First World War. The dado of the screen is decorated with linenfold panelling, and tall twisted shafts rise to nodding ogee arches and an elaborately carved top piece. The shafts are continued above the top section in the form of animal finials.
Pulpit
A stoutly made hexagonal wooden pulpit with an openwork traceried body, and a finial to the post of the stair rails.
Lectern
A wooden lectern on a ringed shaft. The eagle itself stands on a dragon and the whole design is somewhat unusual.
Pew (object)
Oak
Stall
With applied geometricaltracery and small colonnettes at each end.
Churchyard
Grid reference: TQ 189 763
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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