St Luke's is located in Queen Street, at what was in 1887 and still is the edge of the settlement of Cwmdare. Established as a Mission Church, it was built in lancet style 1886-7 to designs of E.M.Bruce Vaughan, in buff-coloured brick with Bath stone dressings. It comprises nave and chancel with north-east vestry and south-west porch. Its windows include stained glass by Timothy Lewis, dated to 1966-8 and 1990.
Sources:
Ordnance Survey second-edition 25-inch map
J.Newman, Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (1995), p.134.
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David Leighton, RCAHMW, 8 December 2014