Liverpool’s Bombed Out Church

The Church Of St. Luke, Liverpool, England

This landmark church is commonly referred to as the bombed-out church. It was constructed between 1811 and 1832. Besides being intended as a parish church it was also to be used as a ceremonial venue by the city government as well as a concert hall.

St. Luke’s was seriously damaged during the Liverpool Blitz in 1941 and has remained a roofless shell ever since. The bombing happened on 6 May 1941 when it was set fire by an incendiary bomb guttin the building.

Today it stands as a memorial to those Liverpool residents who died in the Second World War.

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