South chancel lancet windows by Edward Burne-Jones dedicated to Countess Adelaide Spencer (d1877).
Stained Glass
Henry Haig studied painting and sculture at Wimbledon School of Art between 1945 and 1950. From 1952 to 1955 he studied stained glass at the Royal College of Art. After teaching in schools for five years, he opened his own studio.
Hardman window of 1888 shows Jesus healing the sick.
This remarkable window (1490-1505), rediscovered packed away in 1932, forms the lower section of the great east window at Stanford-on-Avon. It is one of the most striking survivals of late medieval royal propaganda in stained glass, created to celebrate the accession and legitimacy of Henry VII and the founding of the Tudor dynasty.
Set within the tracery lights of the great east window at St Peter’s, Coughton, these panels form part of a distinguished group of Tudor heraldic glass. At the centre are the royal arms of Henry VIII, impaled with those of Catherine of Aragon, enclosed by the initials H and K and surrounded by the Tudor emblems of the rose, portcullis, and crown. The inclusion of Catherine’s arms confirms that the glass was installed before the annulment of their marriage in 1533, most likely during the first decade of Henry’s reign.
Two Kempe and Tower windows from 1914. The first shows St Luke, Virgin and Child, and St John the Evangelist. The upper lights of the second window shows the Epiphany whilst the bottom light depict the Presentation in the Temple.
Holland of Warwick, located on [no-glossary]St John's[/no-glossary] road Warwick were stained glass makers during the second half of the 19th century. In the 1850s they were one of the main manufacturers in the depressed town.
Stained glass panel (1338-1340) depicting Hugh Despenser the Younger who was married to Eleanor the sister of Gilbert de Clare. Hugh Despenser became the favourite of Edward II but was especially disliked by Queen Isabella, and executed when Edward II was deposed in 1326.
[no-glossary]Max Ingrand[/no-glossary] was a major French stained glass artist of the second half of the 20th century, and awarded the French Legion of Honour. He was Born in Bressuire on 20 December 1908, and spent part of his childhood in Chartres. A student of Jacques Gruber at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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