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Nov 19, 2021 9 tweets 8 min read Read on X
#ArtsandCrafts #Cotswolds #churches Bacton St. Faith has four Powells windows. Some confusion between sources as to location means I haven't established designers yet, but they are quite a nice group, installed over a decade, 1901-11
Images with thanks to Rex Harris.
I am attempting to learn to love Powells as an exponent of Arts & Crafts. Of all the large commercial glass producers, they were the most innovative in stylistic & technical terms. These designs are rather looser than many of their contemporaries', with plainer backgrounds.
St. Firth's restoration came late, in 1892-4. Perhaps the new thinking on the value of historic fabric stayed the dreaded Nicholson hand, as he retained much C12-C15 work, rebuilding only the E wall, S porch & the chancel waggon roof, adding bosses & angels.
There is a rood beam, complete with rood, puzzlingly not mentioned by Pevsner, so unlikely to be C15, as the stalls are. Investigation needed. The stone & alabaster reredos, however, is clearly of 1907, with its scene of the Last supper.
Image: Nicholas Kaye
An unexpected beauty was this (always inspect the postcard rack & look behind curtains in unexpected places!)
It's a C17 embroidered altar frontal, faded but still lovely, carpeted with flowers interspersed by animals, birds & insects.
Images: Nicholas Kaye (R); ricardo (bear detail)
A glimpse of Nicholson's boarded barrel vaulted chancel ceiling & the substantial rood beam, courtesy of Rex Harris. You can also see the robust C15 embattled wall plate, still in place. Note the quantity of mural tablets, several of which I shall post up after a short break.
A swift round-up of WWI memorials, two of alabaster & a Powells opus sectile tablet with the ubiquitous St. George. There are also memorials to individuals who died in the Boer War & WWII.
Images: Nicholas Kaye
@NellytheWillow @PosyHill1 @chartres_Fiona @CarolineIrwin3 @StroudStory @SlCathy @2019Ifaw @mutley7781 @Portaspeciosa @JudyADoherty Lastly, an enjoyable look at a classic 'Man & wife' tablet pair, in which Mary Elizabeth Bailey Partridge thoroughly upstages her husband, not only by surviving him by some 30 years but with a tribute that glows with love, rather than filial duty.
Image: Nicholas Kaye

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Feb 12, 2022
#ArtsandCrafts #Cotswolds #churches is Herbert North's last major work & one of his few churches. St. Catherine's, Blackwell, 1939-40, was strongly influenced by Lethaby's All Saints at Brockhampton, 1902, its white-painted roughcast & grouped narrow lights giving a Scandi feel.
All 📷on this thread by Peter Jones, uo/ws, with thanks. The interior is stark with a compelling rhythm of sharply pointed arches, the only touches of colour being the painted sanctuary roof, candelabra & hanging rood. Pews & stalls may be glimpsed here.
(First 📷by Tudor Barlow)
North's A&C credentials are impeccable, though he is mainly known as a domestic architect with a strong body of work in Wales. At St. Catherine's, his fittings survive intact, inc. the stone font in the west end baptistry. Light pours through clear white glass.
📷3 Tudor Barlow
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Feb 11, 2022
#ArtsandCrafts #Cotswolds #churches Bit of a bust tonight as images are in short supply for the former Wesleyan chapel - the Trinity Memorial Church - in Blackwell, Worcs. It memorialises Henry Taylor of nearby villa, Leahyrst, with a simple Gothic design of c1880.
📷Mike Dodman Image
Stained glass appears to be still in situ, most of late C19 by T W Camm, before the Camm siblings introduced Arts & Crafts principles to their father's business. Paul Woodroffe was responsible for the S transept S window in 1913. See frustrating colourful blur through the arcade! Image
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@mutley7781 @StroudStory @Portaspeciosa @SlCathy @CarolineIrwin3 @JudyADoherty @PosyHill1 @chartres_Fiona @StrayRambler @Horatioforever Wade is generally known for being wealthy & eccentric, but he trained as an architect and worked under Unwin at Hampstead GS from his RIBA qualification in 1907 until 1914, after which he served in France through WWI. 1/
@mutley7781 @StroudStory @Portaspeciosa @SlCathy @CarolineIrwin3 @JudyADoherty @PosyHill1 @chartres_Fiona @StrayRambler @Horatioforever Having come into his inheritance in 1911, he did not return to practice after the war, instead choosing the life of a dilettante and collector. He bought the Snowshill estate in 1919 & restored the Manor House to his own taste, using it as a repository for his growing collection.
@mutley7781 @StroudStory @Portaspeciosa @SlCathy @CarolineIrwin3 @JudyADoherty @PosyHill1 @chartres_Fiona @StrayRambler @Horatioforever Wade had worked with Baillie Scott at Hampstead, and turned to him in 1920 for help in designing his garden. This proved to be a lengthy project, not being completed until 1923.
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