St Paul, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1874.
By JM Teale & Lord Grimthorpe (Sir Edmund Beckett).
For Michael Thomas Bass, brewer (1799-1884).
Later interior additions by George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907).
Grade ll* listed.
Michael Thomas Bass was succeeded as head of the firm by his son and namesake, Michael Thomas Bass (1799-1884), who not only inherited the entrepreneurial gene but added to it a phenomenal energy. He joined the firm in 1817 and by the time he died sixty-seven years later, he had made the firm the largest brewery in the world, operating from three plants at Burton and producing more than a million barrels of beer a year. Although he remained actively engaged in the business until his death, from about 1850 he delegated more to his partners and managers and made time for a political career as MP for Derby, 1848-83. His growing wealth enable him to move out of the town of Burton and to lease first Byrkley Lodge and later Rangemore Hall (which he rebuilt), as well as a shooting lodge in Scotland where he took his annual holiday. His wealth also supported wide-ranging philanthropic projects, especially in Derby and Burton, and the industries associated with those towns. He is reported to have turned down both a baronetcy and a peerage, and at his death his wealth was estimated at £1.8m, making him one of the richest commoners in the country.
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St Paul, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1874.
By JM Teale & Lord Grimthorpe (Sir Edmund Beckett).
For Michael Thomas Bass, brewer (1799-1884).
Later interior additions by George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907).
Grade ll* listed.
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St Paul, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1874.
By JM Teale & Lord Grimthorpe (Sir Edmund Beckett).
For Michael Thomas Bass, brewer (1799-1884).
Later interior additions by George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907).
Grade ll* listed.
Nave - looking east.
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St Paul, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1874.
By JM Teale & Lord Grimthorpe (Sir Edmund Beckett).
For Michael Thomas Bass, brewer (1799-1884).
Chancel screen by George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907).
Grade ll* listed.
Looking West.
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St Paul, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Window by Burlison & Grylls.
Detail - St Mark.
The firm of Burlison & Grylls was founded in 1868 at the instigation of the architects George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner.
Thomas John Grylls (1845-1913) and John Burlison (1843-1891) were encouraged to leave their apprenticeships with Clayton & Bell and set up their stained glass firm which built a considerable reputation for its fine work over the next 40 years. They became one of the most successful stained glass firms in England.
Following Thomas John Grylls' death in 1913, the firm was continued by his son Thomas Henry Grylls (1873-1953), although effectively it can be said to have closed shortly after its London premises were bombed and all records destroyed in 1945./b>
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