CAPEL HISTORY TRAIL 

No. 1 - St Luke's Church

The picture above shows St Luke's church from the village green. 

The church opened in 1894, serving the village for nearly a hundred years. Low attendance led to its closure as a place of worship in 1985 despite several fund raising campaigns during the previous two decades to keep it open for its original purpose. 

After a significant period of disuse and subsequent vandalism, the building was eventually sold to developers and converted to dwellings to become nos. 1, 2 and 3 St Luke's Cottages. 

The picture below shows that there have been a few changes to the outside with added sky lights and the central entrance porch has been removed from outside number 1 with a door added at number 2. The stained-glass windows have been retained at either end.

The picture below gives a view of the eastern aspect of the church before Falmouth Place was constructed.