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Window in the north aisle by Heaton, Butler & Bayne, c1870.
St Mary Magdalene's at Knighton serves one of the former villages on Leicester's outer fringes that are now more or less incorporated into the suburban sprawl whilst still retaining some of its separate identity. It is set back from the streets in a quiet corner surrounded by greenery, its tall, slender spire announcing its presence above the roofs and trees.
On closer inspection it's immediately clear that this church is a bit more unusual, the medieval building consisted of just nave and chancel with the slim and elegant west tower and spire (which has a medieval statue of its patron saint, in a curiously off-centre niche high up on the eastern face) but had a south aisle added in the Victorian period. Then in the mid 20th century came a rather more dramatic transformation when a new nave was built, between the old church and the Victorian aisle, which necessitated dismantling the latter and rebuilding it further to the south so that the modern nave sits inbetween, largely unnoticed from outside, but very much apparent within. Entry is via the west porch which forms part of this modern enlargement.
Once inside one is confronted by the light and spacious modern nave, culminating in a plain-glazed oriel window at the east end. The south arcade is also modern and separates the short Victorian south aisle that was reassembled here. The nortn arcade however is medieval and divides the old part of the church from the new, the present north aisle having been the nave and chancel of the original church. There is much Victorian glass here, but the really significant piece is the beautiful Arts & Crafts window at the west end with two glorious angels in blue and red. The ancient font also stands close by.
The church isn't normally open outside of services, it had been a familiar sight to me for a few years having lectured the Leicester Stained Glass Appreciation Society (that meet in the parish rooms over the road) on many occasions. On all my visits I'd never found it open so on one occasion one of the group members kindly arranged for someone to come and open the church up for me, but sadly despite their best efforts whoever this keyholder was never showed up. An opening for a previous Ride & Stride day also failed to materialise, but happily this year it was open and a thriving space (people were gathering at the west end and there was a condolence book out in memroy of the Queen who'd died two days earlier). I'm glad to be able to say it was worth the wait to see inside at last.
Trying to get Windows partitions working on new and old MacBooks. With varying levels of frustration, caused by both OS's.
We had our daughter and grandson for the day which means that they have to be fetched and returned home. So on my way back from taking them home I stopped in Battle for a few low light images with one being handheld for a quarter of a second but the one which interested me the most was from inside a bus shelter looking out through the graffitied window
Across from the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel (reflected in the window), so possibly the Harvey Nichols window display? Or one of the other shops nearby.
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Window depicting the Annunciation on the north side of the nave, an early work by Ninian Comper, 1901.
Ufford's church of the Assumption is justly famous and needs little introduction in churchcrawling circles. It is one of those special churches which is not only a most handsome building in its own right but retains more of its medieval features than most, and one extraordinary piece that is of such renown it would be worth coming here to see all on its own; the fact the church is such a gem regardless makes an additional bonus!
I first came here decades ago as my interest in churches blossomed in childhood. We knew this one was worth a special trip and I remembered it accordingly (long before I took any half decent photos of course). Being so close I couldn't resist the urge to revisit Ufford, over three decades later.
The church appears entirely of 15th century date (though clearly a church has stood on this site for much longer) and the fine west tower announces its presence as one approaches from the street. The churchyard is a green and pleasantly sheltered space (even though the trees make it hard to get an overall view of the building) and the path leads straight to the beautiful south porch, all adorned with playful flint flushwork designs. As pleasant though the exterior is however the lure of this church lies within and and is too inviting to resist.
Inside the church it is immediately clear that this light and lovely place has much of interest with medieval pews all around populated by figurative carvings, but moving from the south aisle to the nave one is confronted by what makes Ufford so famous, the font with its towering wooden canopy, reaching as high as the nave roof! The font itself is quite ordinary for Suffolk and not large, but the great wooden spire placed atop it makes it a wonder of medieval England. It is unsurprisingly the tallest in the country and a remarkable survival, it has lost the statuettes that once filled its niches (a few more recent replacements adorn it here and there) but is still crowned by the image of the pelican in piety. One has to contemplate it awhile, it dominates the narrow space of the nave like no other and is a masterpiece of medieval woodwork (to raise the cover the lower section is designed to move separately and 'telescopically' to cover that above, rather than raise the entire spire of wood).
There is more to see here beside the font of course, but that is the feature that steals the show here. Above it the medieval roof adorned with angels, sadly not the original figures which were last to Protestant iconoclast, the present pair of angels and winged cherubic heads being early 20th century. The fine woodwork of the nave pews would be worth a visit in their own right anywhere else with a remarkable range of figures adorning them which reward exploration and study. The chancel beyond also has a fine roof, this time adorned with painted shields depicting symbols of the Passion, and the glass in the east window appears old, though be aware that most of this is very clever early 20th century imitation.
Ufford church is one of the highlights of this part of Suffolk and shouldn't be missed. It is happily kept open and welcoming on both occasions I visited, and normally should be outside covid-affected times.
For more on this gem of a church see its entry on the Suffolk Churches site below:-
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I saw this curtain at my doctor's office and thought it was so pretty, I asked if I could photograph it. I even tried to get a belly shot of it, which yielded some lovely bokeh, but I prefer this shot with the window behind it. SOOC except for some cropping.
Whilst sitting revising in my room back in january I saw the light shinning though and thought it would make a nice shot.
Graffiti scratched onto the glass windows in the Long Gallery at Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
Edit : It seems that the writing above is a business card.......
"In the early days the fustian or calico was printed by hand using wooden blocks dipped into bowls of coloured dye but a pottery painter living in New Mills worked out how to bring the process into the factory age.
“Calico printing is performed with cylindrical copper rollers, on which the figures are engraved. The process of this mode of printing is so rapid, that pieces of twenty-eight yards are thrown off from each set of rollers in less than two minutes. This art was greatly improved, if not invented, by Mr John Potts, of the house of Potts, Oliver and Potts, of New Mills. This gentleman was an artist himself, and having studied the different shades of colour produced upon the blue-ware in the potteries, he was enabled to bring the art of calico-printing to a perfection of which previously it had not been supposed to be capable.”
Taken from A History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby, S. Glover. 1829
Ultraviolet Rays and Heat Protection
Ultraviolet (UV) causes many known skin diseases like erythema (more commonly known as sunburn) and even skin cancer. You should avoid being exposed to direct sunlight as much as possible to avoid these. Window tint blocks UV rays while still allowing visible light to pass through. Not only will it protect you, but protect your furniture and carpets from color fading as well. Window tint also provides adequate protection from heat by trapping the heat it blocks on the exterior side of the window, which is later diffused or cooled down by wind. This saves a lot of energy and money.
View from a friend's third floor painting studio.
The topic is windows and doors. Tried to get as many windows in the shot as possible.
The topic is windows and doors.
Chartres - detail of the Blue Virgin window (Notre-Dame de la Belle Verriere) mid 12thC. This 13thC window, restored in 1993, contains 4 12thC panels, including the Blue Virgin.
Well, okay actually Window to the Hungarian Parliament.
Taken from Fisherman's Bastion, Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary
This photo is part of a slideshow about my road-trip to sparks flea market in ks – check out my blog if you’re interested:http://doecdoe.blogspot.com/2009/05/3-minute-25-second-road-trip.html
This is a window luminary made out of exam table paper and butcher paper. I cut the web out using an exacto knife and then taped it up to the exam table paper to keep it from bending too much.
All seven basement windows were replaced with double hung energy efficient windows. As you can see, the old windows were single-pane with gaps on all sides of the frame (since the wood had shrunk over the years). This allowed cold air to come in and warm air to escape. The windows were not very secure as well. Some locked with a hook and loop.
1955 war memorial window, designed by Edward Liddall Armitage and made by James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) for whom he was chief designer. In honour of the men of Bomber Command who gave their lives in WWII, it is a tribute to those of the 2nd, 3rd, 8th and 100th groups.
In addition to badges of the RAF, the window remembers other allies, including the New Zealand, French, Dutch, Polish and Czech airforces. St Michael and St George are flanked by pictures of airmen and below are roundels showing the aircraft in action, including one of a Wellington bomber over-flying Ely cathedral.