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St Anne's Chapel

St Anne's Chapel

St Anne Chapel in Great Malvern Priory is in the south choir aisle, there is no indication however that it was known to be dedicated to St Anne before the nineteenth century. This chapel has three windows with mid fifteenth century class depicting Old Testament stories.

 

 

St Christopher and St Anne with the Virgin - Thenford Northamptonshire

St Christopher and St Anne with the Virgin - Thenford Northamptonshire

This two-light stained glass window, dating to around 1410, combines two devotional subjects of late medieval popularity: Saint Christopher in the left-hand light and Saint Anne with the Virgin Mary in the right-hand light. The pairing reflects contemporary concerns with protection, instruction, and the visible presence of holiness in everyday life.

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.

St Peter and St Simeon with the Christ Child - Lichfield Cathedral

St Peter and St Simeon with the Christ Child - Lichfield Cathedral

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.

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