[3] A plot of land for the new church was donated by Sir George Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick of Hinton Admiral and the plans drawn up by Messrs. Benjamin Ferrey & Son.

[4] St Luke's was opened on 25 October 1875,[5] but not consecrated until 2 November 1876 by the Right Rev Dr. Francis McDougall, suffragan to the Bishop of Winchester.

[7] St Luke's is built of red brick, with dressings in Bath stone and roofs of blue slate, in the Early Gothic style.

Owing to limited funds, temporary walls had been erected with this intention, but the proposed work was never carried out.

[5][2] The stained glass of the east and west windows was installed by Thomas Figgis Curtis of Ward and Hughes in 1899–1900.