- Church of St Luke, Liverpool
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Church of St Luke 
St Luke'sGeneral information Town or city Liverpool Country 
EnglandConstruction started 1811 Completed 1831 St Luke's Church in Liverpool, England, is located on the corner of Berry Street and Leece Street opposite the top of Bold Street. It was designed by John Foster, and construction of the building began on 9 April 1811, with consecration taking place on 12 January 1831.
On Monday, 5 May 1941, St Luke's was hit and burned by an incendiary bomb. Today it still stands as a burnt out shell, commonly known locally as "the bombed-out church", and its churchyard is a public park. A memorial to the dead of the Irish famine has been added to the grounds recently.
The church is on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register.
From 2007 the low-tech music group Urban Strawberry Lunch have been artists in residence at St Lukes, hosting an eclectic range of music, arts & film events.
Additionally, since 2003 Urban Strawberry Lunch has been compiling a sound archive oral histories of the Liverpool Blitz, the Finest Hour project. They also organise an annual event commemorating the anniversary of the bombing of St Lukes.
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St. Luke's Church viewed from the rear.
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Matej Andraz Vogrincic's installation during the Liverpool Biennial.
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St Lukes Church from the south west corner.
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The Church viewed from Bold Street.
External links
- Official website showing 1931 interior photographs
- Urban Strawberry Lunch - Lunch at St Lukes
- Google Calendar for Lunch at St Lukes
- Finest Hour - archiving memories of the Liverpool Blitz
- Photographs
- Buildings at Risk Register: Liverpool
Abercromby Square • Allerton Tower Park • Anfield Crematorium Gardens • Belle Vale Park • Calderstones Park • Canalside Park • Chavasse Park • Church of St Luke • Clarkes Gardens • Croxteth Hall and Country Park • Devonfield Garden • Everton Park • Falkner Square • Gambier Terrace • Greenbank Park • Newsham Park • Otterspool Promenade and Park • Princes Park • Reynolds Park • Sefton Park • Speke and Garston Coastal Reserve • Speke Hall • Springfield Park • Springwood Crematorium Gardens • St. James Mount and Gardens • St. John's Gardens • St. Nicholas Church Gardens • Stanley Park • Sudley Estate • Walton Hall Park • Warbreck Park • Wavertree Botanic Gardens • Wavertree Playground ("The Mystery") • Woolton Woods and CamphillCategories:- Buildings on the Buildings at Risk Register
- British churches bombed by the Luftwaffe
- Churches in Liverpool
- Preserved ruined churches of World War II
- Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool
- Grade II* listed churches
- Parks and commons in Liverpool
- Merseyside building and structure stubs
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