[83667] Auckland Castle : St Peter's Chapel Window

Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham.

The Bishop's Palace.

The official residence of the Bishop of Durham.

Begun for Bishop du Puiset (1153-1195), enlarged and altered on many occasions since.

Grade l listed.

 

St Peter's Chapel.

Window by Burlison & Grylls, c1881 - detail.

Note - There has been a six year lapse between my taking these pictures of Auckland Castle and uploading them to Flickr. I cannot remember the exact location of this window, nor can I see it on the on-line panorama of the chapel. Is it in an ante-chapel? Please tell me if you know.

 

The original 12th century chapel at Auckland Castle was lost in the English Civil War. Bishop John Cosin transformed the medieval Great Hall into an important place of religion in the 1660s. Consecrated in 1665, it has been in continuous use for over 350 years.

 

The firm of Burlison & Grylls was founded in 1868 at the instigation of the architects George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner.

 

Thomas John Grylls (1845-1913) and John Burlison (1843-1891) were encouraged to leave their apprenticeships with Clayton & Bell and set up their stained glass firm which built a considerable reputation for its fine work over the next 40 years. They became one of the most successful stained glass firms in England.

 

Following Thomas John Grylls' death in 1913, the firm was continued by his son Thomas Henry Grylls (1873-1953), although effectively it can be said to have closed shortly after its London premises were bombed and all records destroyed in 1945.

 

 

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