[121818] All Saints, Nettleham : Sinclair Frankland Hood Window

All Saints, Nettleham, Lincolnshire.

Chancel South Window, c1898.

By Burlison & Grylls.

St Martin St Cecilia St Alban.

Detail.

 

In memory of Sinclair Frankland Hood of Nettleham Hall who fell asleep on the Feast of St John 1897 aged 43.

One of two windows carrying the identical dedication.

 

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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