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[44375] St Peter, Wolverhampton : Gideon
St Peter, Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
West Window, 1854 (detail).
Memorial to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852).
By William Wailes of Newcastle (1808-1881).
William Wailes (1808-1881) started his own company in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1838 and became one of the largest provincial stained glass producers. In 1841 the company was making their own glass and Wailes was employed to make glass for Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, mainly from 1842 to 1845, but he produced glass for Pugin on and off up until the latter's death in 1852. His son-in-law, Thomas Rankine Strang (1835-1899) later joined him as a partner and the name changed to Wailes & Strang. From 1859, William Wailes lived in some style at Saltwell Towers, Gateshead. He died there and is buried in the churchyard of St Peter, Bywell, Northumberland.
[44375] St Peter, Wolverhampton : Gideon
St Peter, Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
West Window, 1854 (detail).
Memorial to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852).
By William Wailes of Newcastle (1808-1881).
William Wailes (1808-1881) started his own company in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1838 and became one of the largest provincial stained glass producers. In 1841 the company was making their own glass and Wailes was employed to make glass for Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, mainly from 1842 to 1845, but he produced glass for Pugin on and off up until the latter's death in 1852. His son-in-law, Thomas Rankine Strang (1835-1899) later joined him as a partner and the name changed to Wailes & Strang. From 1859, William Wailes lived in some style at Saltwell Towers, Gateshead. He died there and is buried in the churchyard of St Peter, Bywell, Northumberland.