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
Location	Blakenhall
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St Luke
Consecrated	18 July 1861
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II* listed
Architect(s)	George Thomas Robinson
Groundbreaking	1860
Completed	1861
Closed	2014
Administration
Parish	Wolverhampton St Luke
Deanery	Wolverhampton
Archdeaconry	Walsall
Diocese	Diocese of Lichfield

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.

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.

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.