Archive for the ‘Leicestershire’ Category

2
Sep

Aston Flamville – St. Peter

   Posted by: churches Tags: , , , ,

Exterior view of churchNorman window

The church of St. Peter at Aston Flamville retains in C13 chancel and a Norman window in the nowth wall. The rest of the church was rebuilt in the 1873/4.

31
Aug

Market Bosworth – St Peter

   Posted by: churches Tags: , , , ,

exterior view of church Curvilinear Window Tracery

The church of St Peter at Market Bosworth was built from the early to mid C14.

Chancel from naveNave from chancel

View of chancel from nave and of the nave from the chancel.

C14 FontDetail of font

The hexagonal font is C14 and consists of sculpted shields beneath ogee arches.

Stained glass east window by Kempe

The five light east window is by Kempe (1900) and shows the Annunciation, Madonna and child, and Epiphany. Another three light window in the south aisle is by Kempe and consists of St George, St Peter, and the Virgin Mary.

Stained glassGood SamaritanMadonna and child

Other stained glass in the church are Chist surrounded by the four evangelists, the good Samaritan, and a mid C20 Madonna and Child.

Supper at Emmanus

The stained glass window depicting the Supper at Emmaus is dated 1925 and dedicated to the rector Percy Harris Bowers.

Wolston Dixie monumentReverend John Dixie MonumentDetail John Dixie Monument

There are two monuments of note an early C19 casket dedicated to Wolston Dixie, his wife and nine children. The old monument is of the Reverend John Dixie (d1719) which is a reclining woman and roccoco cartouche.

31
Aug

Kirkby Mallory – All Saints

   Posted by: churches Tags: , , ,

Exterior of churchAda Lovelace monument

Early C14 decorated church with perpendicular tower. The church yard contains the memorial to Ada Augusta Lovelace, the mathematician daughter of Lord Byron, who is reputed to have written the first computer program, alongside Charles Babbage.

30
Aug

Elmesthorpe – St Mary

   Posted by: churches Tags: , , ,

Church exteriorEast window exteriorExterior chancel window

Early C14 parish church of St Mary at Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire. The roof of the nave has collapsed leaving just a two bay chancel. The windows have curvilinear tracery, the east window of five lights, and the chancel windows two lights.

4
Jul

Twycross – St. James.

   Posted by: churches Tags: , , ,

twycross - holy trinity church Twycross - Holy Trinity church

The Twycross parish chuch of St James, dates from the 14th century with a 15th century tower. The church was restored in 1840 and presented with a number of stained glass panels that had originally come from Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, Saint-Denis near Paris, Le Mans cathederal, and Saint-Julien-du-Sault in Burgundy.

Armorial stained glass willement twycross twycross lord howe memorial Armorial stained glass willement twycross

The church was restored in the 1840s and contains architectural memorials to Lord Howe who sponsored the restoration, and early Victorian armourial stained glass, by Thomas Willement, showing the arms of Queen Adelaide with the 21 German States, and on the south side is a large window with a the arms of the Curzon family as a central piece.

Medieval french stained glass  East window - Twycross East window - Twycross Medieval french stained glass  East window - Twycross

The stained glass in the East window is early French and was originally presented to King William IV who then gave to Lord Howe.

Medieval french stained glass  East window - Twycross St Chapelle stained glass panel

Following the French Revolution French churches lost a lot of their original stained glass. Some of it was smashed, whilst other bits were sold off. The two panels above were original in Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, which lost a third of its glass.