Magi
Detail of the Epiphany Window by Morris & Co, 1912, mostly reusing earlier cartoons by Burne Jones (brought together from two separate projects), situated at the east end of the south aisle.
St Michael's at Boldmere in Birmingham's northern suburbia, a church which is a bit of a surprising fusion of contrasting architectural styles of Victorian Gothic and 1960s Modernism.
What one initially sees on approach appears to be the original 1857 building, but following an arson attack in 1964 it was largely rebuilt (reopening in 1967) in contrasting contemporary style, retaining the complete south aisle and steeple at the north-west corner and rebuilding the rest. The new nave occupies the site of the old nave and north aisle, thus is a fairly spacious room, bizarrely joined to an otherwise intact Victorian aisle (now subdivided at its west end).
The glass is especially interesting, the east window of the aisle is beautiful late Morris & Co glass made under the guidance of John Henry Dearle but reusing cartoons by Burne Jones, whilst the glazed frieze of the new east wall is filled with a collage of fragments of Hardman's windows salvaged after the fire, presumably set in its current arrangement by Claude Price (who added a new head of Christ at the centre).
The church isn't normally open except for services and mornings when the parish administrator is in.
Magi
Detail of the Epiphany Window by Morris & Co, 1912, mostly reusing earlier cartoons by Burne Jones (brought together from two separate projects), situated at the east end of the south aisle.
St Michael's at Boldmere in Birmingham's northern suburbia, a church which is a bit of a surprising fusion of contrasting architectural styles of Victorian Gothic and 1960s Modernism.
What one initially sees on approach appears to be the original 1857 building, but following an arson attack in 1964 it was largely rebuilt (reopening in 1967) in contrasting contemporary style, retaining the complete south aisle and steeple at the north-west corner and rebuilding the rest. The new nave occupies the site of the old nave and north aisle, thus is a fairly spacious room, bizarrely joined to an otherwise intact Victorian aisle (now subdivided at its west end).
The glass is especially interesting, the east window of the aisle is beautiful late Morris & Co glass made under the guidance of John Henry Dearle but reusing cartoons by Burne Jones, whilst the glazed frieze of the new east wall is filled with a collage of fragments of Hardman's windows salvaged after the fire, presumably set in its current arrangement by Claude Price (who added a new head of Christ at the centre).
The church isn't normally open except for services and mornings when the parish administrator is in.