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Three Marys at the Tomb - Litchborough Northamptonshire

Three Marys at the Tomb - Litchborough Northamptonshire

This two-light stained-glass window depicting the Three Marys at the Tomb, dated 1917, is attributable to Burlison & Grylls and belongs to the firm’s late ecclesiastical output during the First World War period.

Description and iconography

The composition presents the moment immediately following the Resurrection, as described in the Gospels, when the holy women come to the tomb and receive the angelic announcement that Christ has risen.

Transfiguration - Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

Transfiguration - Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

This stained-glass window depicting the Transfiguration of Christ was made in 1887 by Burlison and Grylls and presented to the church by Lady Cicely Clifton. It follows a well-established iconographic scheme, arranged in two registers beneath a Gothic architectural canopy.

 

 

Virgin and Child with attendants - Thenford Northamptonshire

Virgin and Child with attendants - Thenford Northamptonshire

This carved pew-end panel, from Thenford, Northamptonshire, dates to the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century (c.1580–1625) and belongs to the tradition of figurative church woodwork produced in England after the Reformation. Executed in shallow relief and enclosed within a moulded rectangular frame, the panel presents a compact and emblematic sacred image rather than a narrative scene.

Walking on Water - Staverton, Northamptonshire

Walking on Water - Staverton, Northamptonshire

This two-light stained glass window, dated 1895 and designed by Heaton, Butler & Bayne, illustrates the episode of Christ Walking on the Water (Matthew 14:28–31), focusing on the moment of human doubt met by divine rescue.

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