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St Luke's Church of England, Brisbane is a heritage-listed former church and now a restaurant at 18 Charlotte Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John Smith Murdoch and built-in by John Steward & Co. It is also known as Pancake Manor. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1] Description Building entrance, 2017 St Luke's is a finely detailed brick building in the Romanesque style whose predominant feature is the massive relieving archway containing vertical openings at the end of the chancel. It has a complicated roof form combining both hips and gables, along with a small octagonal tower near the entry. The roof sheeting is rolled iron. The plain brickwork is punctuated by bands of different colored brick and the occasional use of stone around windows and doors. The building has the unusual arrangement of having entries to both floor levels at the chancel end in an attempt to optimise the building's orientation. The major entry to the upper church level is defined by a recessed porch.[1] The exterior and interior finishes of the building are particularly intact, despite the building's change of use, installation of kitchen facilities, and inappropriate interior door and external signage.[1] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Luke%27s_Church_of_England,_Bris...

Constructed in 1904, it served as the Pro-Cathedral between the closure of St John’s in William Street and the completion of the first stage of St John’s in Ann Street. It also hosted the enthronement of Archbishop Donaldson (up to this point, Donaldson and all the previous leaders of the Brisbane Diocese had been Bishops). From 1910, it was used as the main hub for all mission activities across the city, and there were also school rooms, club rooms, and kitchen facilities. After World War I, Canon Garland (the resident Chaplain of St Luke’s) directed the Soldiers Church of England Help Society from the church hall, and an Anzac Club was open daily for soldiers. The hall was also used by other religious communities, such as the Greek Orthodox Church. From 1922 to 1977 the hall was used for Diocesan Synod until it was sold, decommissioned, and converted for its current use. Source: anglicanfocus.org.au/2020/07/10/the-records-and-archives-...

The Greek Association of Brisbane was established in 1913. In May 1921 it purchased Concordia Hall at 44-48 Charlotte Street and renamed it Hellenic House to be used as a gathering place for the Greek community.[2] Greek Orthodox services in Brisbane were initially conducted in St Luke's Anglican Church (also in Charlotte Street) and the Wharf Street Congregational Church,[3] [4] until St George's was officially opened as the first Greek Orthodox church in Queensland in front of Hellenic House on 30 March 1929.[5] [6] However, the growth in Brisbane's Greek population, particularly after World War II, resulted in a need for a larger church. A new St George's Greek Orthodox Church was built at 33 Edmondstone Street (corner Besant Street) at South Brisbane and opened on 24 April 1960.[7] A new Greek community center (now the Greek Club) was built beside the South Brisbane church, opening in 1976. The Charlotte Street property was sold in 1981 and the Greek buildings on the site no longer exist.[8] Source: everything.explained.today/Charlotte_Street%2C_Brisbane/