A devotional single-light window of the 1860s by Heaton, Butler & Bayne, depicting Christ blessing the children, a subject drawn from the Gospel narratives and closely associated with themes of innocence, vulnerability, and parental trust.
[no-glossary]Christ in Majesty[/no-glossary] and the Virgin Enthroned (c1340) Stanford on Avon, Northamptonshire.
South transept window Holy Cross, Byfield, Northamptonshire 1884
This east window presents a compact yet richly articulated Crucifixion composition, arranged across three principal lights beneath a tier of tracery lights. it is typical of late-Victorian Gothic Revival glass, and demonstrates Burlison & Grylls ⓘ’ characteristic clarity of drawing, strong colour harmonies, and careful architectural setting.
This two-light memorial window, dated 1948 and signed by G. E. R. Smith ⓘ, was executed under the name of A. K. Nicholson Studios following the death of Archibald Keightley Nicholson in 1937. It commemorates John H. Hawes, musician and poet, killed in action on 16 March 1945 aged twenty-five, together with other members of the church who fell in the Second World War.
Defaced C14 effigy of priest on a chest tomb with quatrefoils.
This single-light window depicts the Deposition from the Cross, presenting the moment at which Christ’s body is lowered after the Crucifixion. The scene is composed with a strong sense of physical weight and controlled movement, emphasising both the labour of removal and the solemnity of the act.
The roundels are late C15 to early C16. The figures of the donor family are mid C16 and probably come from Stanford Hall.
Simple chest tomb monument to Dorothy St John (d1630).
The east window of the parish church of St Margaret, Crick, is a large multi-light stained-glass composition dated 1857, by Lavers & Barraud1, and predates the appointment of Nathaniel Westlake as principal designer at the firm. Occupying the principal liturgical position, the window presents a carefully structured theological programme combining figures of prophecy, witness, and redemption.
