Fifty years have passed since the dedication of the building in Cliff Lane - a daughter church to St. Clement; a centre for the use of the community of Holywells area. In the early nineteen-fifties Rev. (later Canon) Frank Tucker Harvey had the vision of providing somewhere for the children of the Holywells area to have church teaching on a Sunday, and for the local community to use during the week.

Lady Blanche Cobbold kindly offered to donate a piece of land right next door to the curate's house at 76, Cliff Lane and construction work started in 1953. The building, costing just under £5.000, was opened on 8th September, 1954 by Lady Blanche Cobbold and dedicated by The Lord Bishop of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the Right Rev. Dr. A. H. Morris.

In 1967 the original plain glass of the sanctuary window was replaced by stained glass; much of the effort for providing this being the work of the Ladies Group of the time. The window would be in three sections; the left had section depicting St. Paul with the wording "St. Paul Apostle", the right had section depicting St. Luke with the words "St. Luke Evangelist" and the centre showing a figure of Jesus Christ and the words "Thou art the King of Glory 0 Christ". [See photo below]

St. Clement continued to be the Parish Church, and St. Luke the 'daughter' church until 1977 when it was found necessary for the Parish Church to be closed due to the unsafe condition of the tower. In 1978 St. Clement's Church was declared redundant and was eventually taken over by the Ipswich Historic Churches Trust who have been instrumental in having a great deal of restoration work done on the building. St. Luke's became the parish centre of worship.

There are many groups, both church run and secular, using the hall for the benefit of the local population, and it is hoped that this building will remain a centre for worship and fun for many years to come.

Daphne Potts 2004