Northamptonshire

Annunciation - Middleton Cheney

 

Set in the tracery above the three-light window depicting St Anne, the Virgin Mary , and St Elizabeth—designed respectively by Ford Madox Brown (Anne and Elizabeth) and Edward Burne-Jones (central Mary)—this Annunciation scene was designed by William Morris in 1880.

 

 

 

 

Byfield - Holy Cross c1897

Byfield - Holy Cross c1897

Memorial window, by CE Kempe, dedicated to Reverend Thomas Farebrother (d1896), Mary Anne Farebrother (d1884), and George Farebrother (d1892).

 

 

 

 

 

C13 Coffin Lid with Foliated Cross - Gayton Northamptonshire

 

This finely carved coffin lid features a long-stemmed cross whose arms terminate in deeply incised, curling foliage, a design symbolising both the Cross of Christ and the Tree of Life. The leafy ornament, known as a foliated cross, became popular in the 13th century and is often associated with clerical burials or those of prominent parishioners.

C14th English stained glass fragments - Pattishall Northamptonshire

C14 stained glass fragments

 

This fragmentary but evocative window from Holy Cross Church, Pattishall, preserves elements of a 14th-century English stained glass narrative cycle. The surviving lights depict a kneeling orant figure with hands raised in prayer, and beside it, a group showing Christ with a disciple or saint, set beneath delicately painted Gothic architectural canopies.

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