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The interior of the church. The church features stained glasswork behind the altar and stained glass on the windows on the sides of the church. The nave features arches with marble pillars running along the sides of the wooden pews.
One of the most prestigious stained glass commissions of the 19th century, the re-glazing of the 13th-century east window of Lincoln Cathedral, Ward and Nixon, 1855. A revival of the art and craft of stained-glass window manufacture took place in early 19th-century Britain, beginning with an armorial window created by Thomas Willement in 1811–12. [1]
[3] The chancel windows have Victorian glass by Thomas Willement. [3] There are several 19th-century stained glass windows, which depict scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary and other biblical figures. The church boasts two finely carved Jacobean tables, one in the Musgrave Aisle and another serving as the altar table. [3]
Stained glass window by Hardman & Co., St. John the Baptist Church, Cirencester. Hardman & Co., otherwise John Hardman Trading Co., Ltd., founded 1838, began manufacturing stained glass in 1844 and became one of the world's leading manufacturers of stained glass and ecclesiastical fittings. After the doors closed at Lightwoods Park Justin ...
Installing the four chancel windows (nos. 6, 7, 9, 10) meant removing the Victorian memorial glass and so was controversial, but in 1985 these last Chagall windows were dedicated and installed, their predecessors being moved to the vestry at the back of the church, just before Chagall's death. [10] [11] The 12 stained glass windows by Marc Chagall
The glass survived the destruction that was common during the Reformation and the English Civil War in a more complete state than at any other parish church in England. [8] During the Second World War, the stained glass windows were removed and stored in a cellar for safekeeping from 1939 to 1945.
The church contains a good collection of Victorian stained glass windows that were commissioned by Thomas Boddington, who lived at Gunnersbury Lodge, in 1864–74. [7] Old wall tablets and a medieval brass to Richard and Kateryn Amondesham (c.1490) were retained from the old church. The marble and Caen stone reredos was adorned with Salviati ...
The Vyne Chapel is a Grade I listed Church of England chapel in The Vyne, Hampshire.The chapel's origins are early modern. The chapel is noted for its well preserved 16th century stained glass, featuring a rare portrait of a young King Henry VIII of England, his sister Margaret Tudor and Henry's wife Catherine of Aragon, all in prayer.