St Joseph - Avon Dassett
Stained glass by John Hardman in the church of St. Joseph Avon Dassett.
Stained glass by John Hardman in the church of St. Joseph Avon Dassett.
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.
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.
St Patrick
Depicted in episcopal vestments, holding crozier and book, recalling his missionary work in Ireland and his role as national apostle.
This window contains two significant pre-Reformation figural panels depicting St Peter ⓘ (left) and St Simeon with the Christ Child (right). Both figures survive from a larger late medieval glazing scheme and were reassembled during the 19th-century restoration of the cathedral, when much of the surrounding decorative work was replaced.
The north-aisle east window at Middleton Cheney contains two major stained-glass figures designed by Ford Madox Brown in 1880 for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. These works represent some of Brown’s finest ecclesiastical contributions and exemplify his distinctive approach to figural design, which differs markedly from that of colleagues such as Burne-Jones ⓘ.