St Luke's Church, Derby facts for kids

Quick facts for kids St. Luke's Church, Derby
Location	Derby
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II* listed
Architect(s)	Henry Isaac Stevens
Groundbreaking	1868
Completed	1871
Specifications
Length	122 feet (37 m)
Width	46 feet (14 m)
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Derby

St. Luke's Church is a Grade II* listed parish church on Parliament Street in Derby in the Church of England.

History

The church was erected between 1868 and 1871 to designs by the architects Henry Isaac Stevens and Frederick Josias Robinson. The church was consecrated on Saturday 24 June 1871 by the Bishop of Lichfield George Selwyn. In the 1880s, a mission church of St George was opened in the Firs Estate.

Organ

A temporary organ was obtained when the church was first opened, but resources were found to purchase a new three-manual organ from Abbott of Leeds and this was opened on 18 October 1881. A specification of the current organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Organists

• Henry Houseley 1870 –1882
• George Bramley 1882 - 1884
• Arthur Rawlinson Wood 1884 -1901
• Norman Hibbert 1901 - 1912 (afterwards organist of St Werburgh's Church, Derby)
• Arthur Griffin Claypole 1912 – 1914
• A W Wilford 1915 - 1918
• Arthur Griffin Claypole 1918 – 1921
• A.H. Fithyan 1921 - 1924
• Alban Claughton 1924 - 1925
• Fred Morley 1925 - 1927 (afterwards organist of All Saints' Church, Ripley)
• Horace Barker 1927 - 1933
• Hubert Henry Norsworthy 1933 - 1942
• Colin William Mellor 1963–77