Little Cowarne
Herefordshire
ULLINGSWICK 815/16/673 ULLINGSWICK 09-JUN-67 CHURCH OF ST LUKE (Formerly listed as: ULLINGSWICK PARISH CHURCH (DEDICATION UNKNOWN)) II* Parish church of C12 origin, with chancel of C1300, restored in 1856 and 1862-3 by Kempson, with glass by Clayton & Bell.
MATERIALS: Local rubble sandstone with freestone dressings, tile roof.
EXTERIOR: The nave has 2 small round-headed Norman windows offset towards the east end.
Below the central north window is a blocked, possibly Norman, doorway.
The wider, stepped south doorway is mainly C19, although the lower courses appear to be medieval, with continuous chamfer to the inner order.
A blocked Tudor-headed fireplace is in the south wall, probably indicating a former box pew here.
The nave has a parquet floor and the chancel a C19 tile floor, including encaustic tiles.
The polygonal pulpit has intricate openwork, Gothic panels, foliage cornice and linenfold panelling on the pedestal.
The later choir benches are of oak, with foliage bench ends The wooden altar has a front with painted angels in arcaded panels.
Either side of the altar are grave slabs laid on the sanctuary floor, one of which has a floriated cross of the C13
is also engraved 1699, suggesting re-use.
In the nave south wall is an unusual memorial to John Hill that is painted on stone: it shows the deceased on a tomb chest with kneeling family members in mourning.
HISTORY: Ullingswick is a church of C12 origin, with chancel of c1300.
The chancel was fitted with stained glass soon afterwards.
Screen and pulpit were added in 1904-5, designed by Kempson.
The vestry was added in 1945 as a war memorial.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The church of St Luke, Ullingswick, is listed Grade II* for the following principal reasons: * For the extent of its early fabric of the C12 in the nave and c1300 in the chancel. * For its pre C19 fixtures, including the font and an unusual memorial of c1590. * For the quality of its C19 fixtures, chiefly the stained glass by Clayton & Bell.