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Church Street, BELPER, DE56 2BG

A seventeenth/nineteenth century replacement of a medieval church destroyed in 1545 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1158964?section=official-listing

In the churchyard of St. Luke's church.

Heage Parish Church has a most unusual T-shaped layout. This view shows the larger and newer part which forms the cross of the T. This is in fact the nave but it is set at right angles to the chancel, probably because of the slope of the ground, so this is effectively the 'north transept'. The church was originally built of wood, but was destroyed by a violent tempest in June 1545. Rebuilt in 1661 and enlarged in 1836, it is this part which is shown here; oddly, this wall of the extension is in rough stone where the other three sides are dressed stone. It has no square tower or spire, but an unusual octagonal bell tower on the north side of this barn-shaped structure. The side windows are Gothic in outline but with simple cast-iron tracery and small rectangular panes within them. Trees make it impossible to show what this church really looks like.

The 1826 addition to a seventeenth century church on a medieval site https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1158964?section=official-listing

The stone is inscribed G 1661 P and clearly commemorates the rebuilding of the church in 1661. This is immediately after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and indicates a desire to return to 'normal' after the Commonwealth. The more regular stonework to the left is the 1836 extension.

Heage Parish Church has a most unusual T-shaped layout. This view shows the larger and newer part which forms the cross of the T. The upright of the T, facing E-W forms a normal chancel, but the newer nave is set at right-angles to it, doubtless because of the lie of the land, but the overall layout is very strange. This is essentially the facade of a south transept, but it is remarkably unadorned. The church was originally built of wood, but was destroyed by a violent tempest in June 1545. Rebuilt in 1661 and enlarged in 1836, it is this part which is shown here. It has no square tower or spire, but an unusual octagonal bell tower on the north side of this barn-shaped structure. The side windows are Gothic in outline but with simple cast-iron tracery and small rectangular panes within them. Trees make it impossible to show what this church really looks like.

Porch on the south side of the old wing of the church. Heage Parish Church has a most unusual T-shaped layout. This view shows the older part of the church which forms the upright of the T and is aligned more or less east-west. The lintel over the porch doorway is inscribed JW 1752. The church was originally built of wood, but was destroyed by a violent tempest in June 1545. Rebuilt in 1661, it was enlarged in 1836 Trees make it impossible to show what this church really looks like.