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The chapel of St. Luke in Garford consists of a chancel with north chapel, nave with north aisle, south porch and west bell-turret. The church was rebuilt in 1880, but portions of the old structure have been incorporated.

The east window consists of a pair of 13th-century lancets. On the south of the chancel is a large square-headed window of three plain lights, portions of which are of 16th or 17th-century date. The nave has a modern arcade of four bays with stone and marble columns. In the south wall is a two-light square-headed window of the 14th century. The other windows are modern, but the south doorway is largely of the 13th century and is moulded with an external hood. The oak door is also partly ancient. The west wall has a single lancet, partly modern. The lower courses of all the walls are built of old materials. The square timber bell-turret contains one bell.

Preserved in the nave is an oil painting of the old church, which was aisleless and had a timber south porch. The old windows appear to have occupied the same relative positions as at present, and the bellturret was weather-boarded. The oak chancel screen with a loft is partly ancient; the posts, base and loft are all modern, but the moulded cornice with traces of colouring is largely old, and above it a series of pierced traceried panels of the 15th century forms a rail to the front of the loft. Fixed on the wall by the reading-desk is a wrought-iron hour-glass stand with a wooden frame to the hour-glass. The rest of the fittings are modern

Historical information about St. Luke's Church is provided by 'Parishes: Marcham', in A History of the County of Berkshire: Volume 4, ed. William Page and P H Ditchfield (London, 1924), pp. 354-360. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4/pp354-360 [accessed 8 March 2023].

St. Luke's Church is a Grade II listed building. For more information about the listing see CHURCH OF ST LUKE, Garford - 1198665 | Historic England.

For more information about St. Luke's Church see Parishes: Marcham | British History Online (british-history.ac.uk).