The First 100 Years 1903-2003
Part 4: St Luke’s Church since 1903
Completing the Church 1908-1927
Building debts prevented full consecration of the new church from 1908 until 1914.
World War One halted other major work, with the exception of electric lighting, which was re -installed in 1916. The 1907 lighting regularly electrocuted the verger!
Even at the end of 1918 the Church was still only sparsely fitted out inside. Money was then raised to complete the choir stalls, the low chancel wall, the oak panels and the organ loft at a total cost of £1,291.
The East Window
A special fund to design and install the East Window of the church marked the end of the initial building phase. The fund was supported by ninety-nine parishioners, often in memory of those who died in World War One. The design was approved in 1926 and £900 raised to fund completion for Easter 1927, just after Lady Wimborne’s death.
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