St Luke's - Holmes Chapel

Holmes Chapel

St. Luke’s church occupies a site which has been used for worship since 1245. The current building is Grade I listed and dates from approximately 1425. Whilst relatively unremarkable externally, the lightly decorated 17^th Century brick walls to the nave enclose a particularly fine and substantially unaltered Perpendicular timber framed structure, being the earliest surviving part of the church. A sturdy Perpendicular tower was added in the 15^th Century, and a gallery was inserted into the South aisle in the early 18^th Century. St. Luke’s is considered amongst the finest of Cheshire’s timber framed churches.

Adam Bench has been the Professional Adviser for St. Luke’s Church since 2017.

Bench Architects have carried out a feasibility study for extensions and alterations to the West end of the church, in order to provide additional spaces and facilities in support of both secular and non-secular uses. The sensitive and tightly constrained site presents a number of challenges, demanding an architectural response of the highest calibre.