Oundle School Chapel
View looking east towards the Piper glass in the apse. (some of the new Mark Angus windows visible on the left)
A treasure house of modern stained glass, from the altar windows by John Piper & Patrick Reyntiens (their first commission from 1954-6, often considered the first windows in a modern style in Britain) to the scheme of aisle windows recently commissioned from Mark Angus.
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St Mark's church, Broomhill, Sheffield.
View looking east
Formerly a Victorian gothic structure from 1868, it was largely destroyed by bombs in World War II and rebuilt in a contemporary style by the highly indiviual architect George Pace between 1950-67
Pace retained the surviving steeple, but replaced the body of the church with a brand new design, of rough stone without (to blend with the steeple) and light plaster within. The walls are punctuated with small rectangular windows in grid formations, often irregular, a characteristic of Pace's work and one that gives a great sense of light within.
The resulting church is in my mind a great success, a kind of miniature Coventry Cathedral in the North. This is further enhanced by the stained glass by John Piper and Harry Stammers, which adds much needed colour within.
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Interior of Avon Dassett church showing the beautiful mellow colouring of the stonework.
The church dates from 1868, but contains a fine early thriteenth century effigy of a deacon in the chancel. as well as small fragments of medieval glass in the west window tracery.
This church is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust and was undergoing renovation (mainly to tower and spire) when I took these shots.
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Inside view of the steeple at Avon Dassett taken from within the bell chamber.(I still have little idea of it's external appearance owing to the abundance of scaffolding!)
The church dates from 1868, but contains a fine early thriteenth century effigy of a deacon in the chancel. as well as small fragments of medieval glass in the west window tracery.
This church is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust and was undergoing renovation (mainly to tower and spire) when I took these shots.
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Attractive late eighteenth century church in the southern part of Oxfordshire that was formerly part of Berkshire.
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