An Appeal For St. Lukes Church

St. Lukes church in Charlton has started a £500,000 appeal to raise funds to perform major restoration works.

The church is special for many reasons. Built in 1630, it is the most authentically village-y part of Charlton village and forms, along with the drinking fountain and the Jacobean mansion, Charlton House, an island of yesteryear preserved.

Not only that but the church possesses a unique record for, inhumed within its vaults, is the body of Spencer Perceval, the only British prime-minister to have been assassinated (to-date).

The appeal has been reported in the Mercury and in the Newsshopper, so I hope knowledge of this appeal isn't endowed in too few people, but it is a wonderful church building that deserves, by its architecture and its history, the repair it needs.