St Matthias: configuration of west window
HWR_21_01. West window, seen from the body of the church, to show configuration and canopies of the 'Link Room', which dates from 1992.
St Matthias dates from 1844-46, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, but by the late 1870s was proving inadequate for purpose and structurally unsound, leading to an almost complete rebuild in 1880-81, with the tower following in 1889. Its stained glass includes a Kempe Tree of Life east window. Some 20 years ago the western two bays of the nave were adapted to form a 'Link Room'; the conversion represents an unbelievably insensitive example of architectural vandalism, as the purposeless tent-like canopies of the room's ceiling obscure not only major sections of a striking Burlison & Grylls west window but also, almost in totality, the Burlison & Grylls south aisle west window.
HWR_21.
Burlison & Grylls, 1906.
St Matthias: configuration of west window
HWR_21_01. West window, seen from the body of the church, to show configuration and canopies of the 'Link Room', which dates from 1992.
St Matthias dates from 1844-46, by Sir George Gilbert Scott, but by the late 1870s was proving inadequate for purpose and structurally unsound, leading to an almost complete rebuild in 1880-81, with the tower following in 1889. Its stained glass includes a Kempe Tree of Life east window. Some 20 years ago the western two bays of the nave were adapted to form a 'Link Room'; the conversion represents an unbelievably insensitive example of architectural vandalism, as the purposeless tent-like canopies of the room's ceiling obscure not only major sections of a striking Burlison & Grylls west window but also, almost in totality, the Burlison & Grylls south aisle west window.
HWR_21.
Burlison & Grylls, 1906.