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St Luke's Church sits nessled atop a steep incline in a back street of the small village of Abercarn, Glamorgan. Constructed between 1923-26, the structure was designed and built by renound architect John Coates Carter (1859-1927.)
The last congregation attended St Luke's in 1980 when a stability problem with structure's roof forced the permanent closure of the church. There are two churches dedicated to St Luke in Abercarn (!) - the largest and more impressive of the two buildings documented here.
Today St Luke's sits quietly forbodding amoungst the community it once served comprised of a strange, yet impressive, mixture of dark stone work and concrete. Intact remaining features include the vast main church area with stone colums and altar, a very narrow bell tower and a lower complex of rooms to the rear of the church. This lower area is accessed via a dual suspended concrete staircase which leads to a series of dark, smaller rooms. These rooms once included the priest's area and a small chapel.
St Luke's has been vandalised and badly graffitied, but this does not detract from the impressive presence and dominance of the structure. It is also worth noting that there are recent signs of drug use within the main church hall, including hyperdermic needles, so explorers beware and tread very carefully.Please also note that the lower vestry area is currently being occupied by the homeless with evidence of people sleeping in the area and lighting fires.
St Luke's is a beautiful yet sad gothic monument to a time when a large local congregation would fill this vast structure.
The last congregation attended St Luke's in 1980 when a stability problem with structure's roof forced the permanent closure of the church. There are two churches dedicated to St Luke in Abercarn (!) - the largest and more impressive of the two buildings documented here.
Today St Luke's sits quietly forbodding amoungst the community it once served comprised of a strange, yet impressive, mixture of dark stone work and concrete. Intact remaining features include the vast main church area with stone colums and altar, a very narrow bell tower and a lower complex of rooms to the rear of the church. This lower area is accessed via a dual suspended concrete staircase which leads to a series of dark, smaller rooms. These rooms once included the priest's area and a small chapel.
St Luke's has been vandalised and badly graffitied, but this does not detract from the impressive presence and dominance of the structure. It is also worth noting that there are recent signs of drug use within the main church hall, including hyperdermic needles, so explorers beware and tread very carefully.Please also note that the lower vestry area is currently being occupied by the homeless with evidence of people sleeping in the area and lighting fires.
St Luke's is a beautiful yet sad gothic monument to a time when a large local congregation would fill this vast structure.
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