Margaret Aldrich Rope Window, All Saints, Hereford
East window of the north chapel by Margaret Aldrich Rope 1933, a more refined version of the subjects and composition she used for her much bolder east window at St John's in Coventry. For more on the artist see the below website:-
www.arthur.rope.clara.net/torworks.htm#Here
Hereford's most impressive church after its cathedral is the parish church of All Saint's, a grand 13th/14th century building with a tapering north west steeple, the tallest structure in the city since the cathedral's wooden spire was removed in the 17th century.
All Saints rewards the visitor with its internal fittings, principally the superb 14th century canopied choir stalls (a range of five on each side of the chancel) complete with finely carved and amusing misericords (further examples can be found in the north chapel).
There is further impressive woodwork from the 17th century in the pulpit and the large reredos in the south chapel (probably moved here from the main altar). The east wall of the chancel also bears a faded medieval mural of the Virgin Mary, apparently part of an Annunciation scene.
The church also boasts a fine set of six stained glass windows by the noted late Arts & Crafts artist Margaret Aldrich Rope dating from the 1930s onwards, including the main east windows of the chancel and chapels.
The church is one of the most accessible of city churches since it was part converted in the late 20th century to community use with a cafe at the west end of the nave with space for craft stalls in the south chapel. The fayre is good and means a wider range of people experience the beauty within the building than would in a normal city church, consequently All Saints is never short of visitors.
Margaret Aldrich Rope Window, All Saints, Hereford
East window of the north chapel by Margaret Aldrich Rope 1933, a more refined version of the subjects and composition she used for her much bolder east window at St John's in Coventry. For more on the artist see the below website:-
www.arthur.rope.clara.net/torworks.htm#Here
Hereford's most impressive church after its cathedral is the parish church of All Saint's, a grand 13th/14th century building with a tapering north west steeple, the tallest structure in the city since the cathedral's wooden spire was removed in the 17th century.
All Saints rewards the visitor with its internal fittings, principally the superb 14th century canopied choir stalls (a range of five on each side of the chancel) complete with finely carved and amusing misericords (further examples can be found in the north chapel).
There is further impressive woodwork from the 17th century in the pulpit and the large reredos in the south chapel (probably moved here from the main altar). The east wall of the chancel also bears a faded medieval mural of the Virgin Mary, apparently part of an Annunciation scene.
The church also boasts a fine set of six stained glass windows by the noted late Arts & Crafts artist Margaret Aldrich Rope dating from the 1930s onwards, including the main east windows of the chancel and chapels.
The church is one of the most accessible of city churches since it was part converted in the late 20th century to community use with a cafe at the west end of the nave with space for craft stalls in the south chapel. The fayre is good and means a wider range of people experience the beauty within the building than would in a normal city church, consequently All Saints is never short of visitors.