Built 1873-5 by Giles and Gane, its neo-Gothic architecture imitates the medieval Early English style and has a flèche rather than a tower.
[3] It was badly damaged in 1940 during the London Blitz, though services continued in a garage and then in the church hall.
The area was also redeveloped in the postwar period as the Keir Hardie Park, meaning that in 1961 the parish of St Matthew's Church, Custom House and parts of the parishes of Holy Trinity and St Gabriel's were added to that of St Luke's.
[5] The parish still exists and now worships at a modern building on Ruscoe Road.
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