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Taken in an old pioneer home - I liked the reflections in the window and the man outside was a plus.
On our way to Sweden we spent a few days in Copenhagen. Not long enough to see everything, but long enough to make me want to return.
The original east window of 1878 was relocated following the extension of 1896 to the west end where it remains today. This three-light window depicts the Transfiguration of Christ, portrayed in mid air flanked by Elijah and Moses with three Apostles reclining below. It is the work of Birmingham stained glass maker Swaine Bourne (formerly of Chance Bros) and dates from 1878.
Dorridge's church of St Philip is a bit of an oddity, something of a surprise if one is expecting a conventional parish church, hidden away in Manor Road marked by neither tower or spire. My first ever glimpse of it was the view from the nearby railway line, passing on a London-bound train and seeing the impressive east gable end standing proudly above the trees nearby. Usually the chancel is the smaller part of a church, a more intimate sanctuary entered from a more spacious nave, but here the arrangement is turned on its head, a humble brick nave followed by a grand stone-built chancel of greater height, part of an aborted late 19th century plan for a more ambitious building that was never realised beyond this point. Ironically thoughts have turned in recent years to further ambitions, and there is a proposal to replace the existing building entirely with a new church & community centre, though as far as I know the plan is aspirational with no firm timetable, and could yet prove too costly a venture to be realised.
The church only dates back as far as 1878 when the present brick nave was built, a mission church that could easily pass for a school-room or village hall were it not for the traceried window facing the road. Entry is by a small timber porch on the south side crowned by a tiny bellcote. Beyond is the awkward join of the newer chancel (which overshadows the earlier part) built in 1896-7 by J.A.Chatwin as the start of his bold new church which never progressed beyond this point. It is a more impressive sight from the south and east from where it is easier to visualise how the completed building might have looked, doubtless like many other late Victorian suburban churches had the new nave and tower been supplied. As it stands it might look distinctly peculiar, but is all the more unique as a result.
Inside the contrasting dimensions of nave and chancel are equally apparent like two different buildings spliced together, the former appearing like a long narrow antechamber to the latter space which opens out into a side chapel and vestries beyond. The nave is flooded with light from the plain, almost domestic-looking windows beneath a simple timber roof, itself lightened with ochre-coloured paint. The sanctuary by contrast is marked by much more subdued lighting, the main illumination coming from the large five-light east window which seems a little overpowering for the more down-to-earth nave.
The church is usually kept locked outside of services, and it remains to be see whether it will survive in its present form or if it is demolished and replaced by a new building.
For more see the church's entry on the Warwickshire Churches site below:-
Experimenting with the Tri-Elmar, bought in 2000, and loving it (again)
Leica M-P, Tri-Elmar 28-35-50 (V1) @ 50mm & F/5.6. Silver Efex Pro
Taken for Our Daily Challenge (Topic: Many)
Many windows, many watchers, many things to see out in the big, wide world :)
We took our tree down today :( But I took the opportunity to take photos before moving the furniture back in place!
Commemorative window by Steven Cartwright (daffodils and robin painted by me) installed in the north chancel window in March 2017.
www.cartwrightglassdesigns.co.uk/projects/
The tiny rural church of St Michael at Rochford is a simple two-cell structure dating back to Norman times (as witnessed by the weathered blocked doorway on the north side). It is a building of some interest, despite its Victorian restoration, and contains some interesting glass including in the chancel an early window by Morris and a recently installed commemorative window designed by Steven Cartwright.
Koyasan, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Olympus OM2 Spot Program
Zuiko 35-70mm Lens
Kodak Portra 400
Took a shot of this great window in an 200 year old country-house. The first thing I thought, that Tim Burton must have grown up in a room with such an window ;-)
Just love it! Although I could be scary for the kid living in this room...
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Vienna, 2014.
Window shopping - the most affordable type of shopping ;-)
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Shot on slightly expired Fujicolor Superia X-TRA ISO400, with a Canon EOS 30 and a Samyang 35mm f1.4
The Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church in Ilkley is a remarkable blend of traditional and modern architecture, with an entrance porch and apse in Victorian Gothic and north and south nave extensions dating from the 1970s with a saw-tooth wall arrangement, inspired by Coventry cathedral.
More remarkable still is the complete glazing scheme of contemporary stained glass, all executed in the dalle de verre ('slab of glass') wherein thick chunks of coloured glass are set in a concrete or resin matrix (as opposed to traditional lead). The technique was popular in the 1960s and 70s but sharply declined since, largely due to many such windows latterly suffering from heat expansion, leakages or structural problems.
The exceptional scheme of dalle de verre windows at Ilkley includes both windows with concrete and windows with resin matrixes; The earliest windows are those in the apse which utilise concrete, being the work of Pierre Fourmaintraux of Whitefriars. The remaining windows in the nave were executed with resin and supplied by John Hardman Studios of Birmingham in the late 1970s.
These dalle de verre windows ably illustrate the richness and potential of large scale uses of the technique. Current research will hopefully find solutions to the problems encountered with the technique and may hopefully one day lead to a resurgence in the medium.
Window display at the General Store at Bodie. Light source is the low wattage carbon filament light bulb and the near full moon on the outside of the building.