Church of St Luke

Heritage listing

Details SK 61 SE GADDESBY CHURCH LANE (north side) 8/84 Church of St. Luke 1.1.68 I Parish church. C12, C13, early and mid C14. Porch late C18. Chancel restored 1859. Coursed and squared ironstone and limestone ashlar with ashlar dressings and lead roofs. West tower with spire, nave with clerestory, north aisle, chancel, south aisle and chantry chapel, south porch. West tower, C13 and C14, 3 stages, has moulded plinth and sill band, 2 string courses and eaves band with masks. 4 shallow angle buttresses. Octagonal broach spire with 3 tiers of gabled lucarnes with double lancet openings, topped with a finial and a weathercock. West face has to first stage a chamfered single lancet, second stage, a clock and a single lancet. Bell stage has to each face a bar traceried double lancet with heavily moulded reveal and hood moulds with mask stops. Nave clerestory, 4 bays, has a ballflower frieze, and coped gable with kneelers and finial. North side has 4 Decorated ogee double lancets with moulded mullions and reveals: South side has 4 similar lancets, the eastern one untraceried. All these windows have hood moulds and mask stops. North aisle, mid C14, 5 bays, has deep moulded plinth, sill and impost bands, coved frieze with masks, parapet with stepped crenellations and single gargoyle to west. 2 double gabled angle buttresses and 4 double gabled intermediate buttresses, all topped with pinnacles and gargoyles. North side has a moulded ogee headed central doorway with triple shafts and hood mould, flanked on each side by 2 ogee triple lancets with shafts and flowing tracery. All these windows have hood moulds and mask stops. West end has a Decorated 4 light lancet with double shafts, hood mould and mask stops. East end has to left a C19 buttress supporting a stack in the form of

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.