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Lady Chapel - Avon Dassett

 

 

John Hardman windows of 1854 depicting The Annunciation, The Assumption, and St. Stephen.

 

 

 

Lavers, Barraud, and Westlake

 

Lavers, Barraud, and Westlake were part of the Victorian Gothic Revival of stained glass. Originally Nathaniel Wood Lavers and Francis Philip Barraud had worked for Powell & Sons, and Lavers started his own studio in 1855 and was Barraud joined him in 1858 as the designer.

 

 

Nave windows - Avon Dassett

 

 

Six lancet windows, by Hardman and company, in the nave of St Joseph, Avon Dassett, Warwickshire.

 

 

 

Quire Clerestory Windows - Gloucester Cathedral

These stained glass windows in the clerestory of Quire at Gloucester Cathedral were made by Clayton and Bell in the early second half of the 19th century. The original medieval clerestory glass had been transferred to fill in damaged panels in other windows in the cathedral notably the great east window and the window in the Lady Chapel.

Coronation of Henry III - Gloucester Cathedral

 

This 1860 window by Clayton & Bell depicts the coronation of Henry III in St Peter's Abbey (later cathedral), Gloucester, on the 28th of October 1216. A second coronation was performed at Westminster Abbey on 7th May 1220, Westminster Abbey, because Pope Honorius III did not consider that the first coronation had been conducted properly.

 

 

St Leufredus - Evreux

 

19th century stained glass of St. Leufroy (Leufredus) who was the founder of the Benedictine monastery at La-Croix Saint-Ouen, some 13km from Evreux. Leufroy grew up in Evreux and for a time was a teacher in the town.

 

 

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