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#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

I'd like to finish with the war memorial tablet by the Bromsgrove Guild, but so far I haven't turned up an image. Off to rootle a little more ...

Success! Sort of! A very blurry image, but here is the bronze plaque commissioned from the nearby Bromsgrove Guild to commemorate the men of the parish who died in WWI
📷Philip22462, Lives of the First World War website

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