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South Chancel Window - Warmington Warwickshire

South Chancel Window - Warmington Warwickshire

This two-light window pairs an early-life episode of Christ with a post-Resurrection encounter, creating a deliberate theological contrast between recognition at the Temple and recognition in the garden.

Left-hand light:
The Presentation in the Temple shows the Christ Child received by Simeon, whose gesture and inscription articulate fulfilment and prophecy. The figures are tightly grouped beneath an elaborate Gothic canopy, emphasising the Temple setting and the moment of recognition as Christ is identified as the promised Messiah.

South Chancel Window - Wolston Warwickshire

South Chancel Window - Wolston Warwickshire

This south chancel window at Wolston, designed by Herbert Bryans , is a two-light composition dated by inscription to 1902 and belongs to Bryans’s early independent period following his departure from the Kempe studio.

Description and iconography

The upper lights present two standing figures beneath tall Gothic canopies, arranged as a typological pairing concerned with prophecy and fulfilment.

St Martin - Litchborough, Northamptonshire

St Martin - Litchborough, Northamptonshire

This stained-glass window of 1883, made by J. Powell & Sons (Whitefriars), is located in the church at Litchborough. It depicts St Martin of Tours on horseback sharing his cloak with a beggar — one of the most enduring episodes of late Roman Christian legend.

St Patrick, St Columba, St David and St Augustine - Stamford, Lincolnshire

St Patrick, St Columba, St David and St Augustine - Stamford, Lincolnshire

This four-light window of 1899, at All Saints Stamford, executed by Heaton, Butler & Bayne, presents four missionary saints closely associated with the Christianisation of the British Isles: St Patrick, St Columba, St David, and St Augustine of Canterbury .

Above the tracery appears a shield bearing the Union flag, reinforcing the theme of national Christian heritage.


Main Lights (Left to Right)

  • St Patrick
    Depicted in episcopal vestments, holding crozier and book, recalling his missionary work in Ireland and his role as national apostle.

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.

 

 

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.

War Memorial Window - Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire

War Memorial Window - Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire

This two-light window, installed shortly after the First World War (1919–1920), commemorates the men of the parish who died in the conflict.

A plaque beneath records:

“To the Glory of God and in memory of the gallant men of this Parish who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914–1918.”

Wedding Feast at Cana - Great Creaton, Northamptonshire

Wedding Feast at Cana - Great Creaton, Northamptonshire

This two-light window, dated 1905, depicts the Marriage Feast at Cana (John 2:1–11), the first miracle of Christ.


Main Lights

Left Light

Christ, robed in red, is seated at table and gestures in blessing. The composition places Him centrally within the domestic setting of the feast. His calm authority contrasts with the animated gestures of the surrounding figures.

Mary sits beside Him, attentive and composed, reinforcing her mediating role in the miracle.

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