Quarry Theatre at St. Luke's

Heritage listing

Details This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 8 April 2024 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards 618/0/10017 ST PETER'S STREET (North side) The Quarry Theatre at St Luke's Peter's (Formerly listed as CHURCH OF ST LUKE United Church) 03-OCT-08 GV II Also Known As: St Luke's United & Moravian Church Former Moravian chapel, St Luke's United Church at time of listing, built 1864 by James Horsford, replacing a previous chapel of 1745. A church hall was added to the east in 1998 and has no historic interest. MATERIALS It is built in gault brick, with stone dressings. PLAN Square with apse to the north. EXTERIOR The façade has three central projecting bays with stone quoins. A large tripartite round-arched window is positioned centrally and flanked by two smaller windows of two lights, all with enlarged keystones to the arched brick heads. A stone string course doubles as a central transom to the windows. Above the string course, stone columns flow into round-headed tracery. Above the windows, there is a pediment with moulded stone dressings on a modillion cornice, which has a central roundel. To each side of the projecting façade is a lower entrance bay probably serving as separate entries for men and women. Timber doors have moulded stone surrounds and large round-headed lights above. On the first floor is a single light with stone columns and leaded light windows which appear original. The roof is obscured from the facade. To the rear is a large apse and on each side elevation the window openings have contrasting brick dressings. The window form matches that on the facade and diamond light denestration in the apse and main body of the church is that of 1885 and 1864 respectively. INTERIOR. The apse has a rounded, coffered cei

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.