Stained Glass Windows
in the Peak District

Window Details 

Burne Jones Window

Attributed to William Morris & Co and Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones by A. Charles Sewter

Manufactured by William Morris & Co

Commissioned by Frederick Craven

Dated 1876 (top 2 tiers) with a larger replacement set of Minstrels (middle tier) supplied in 1877 and 1885 (bottom tier)

 

A window of 12 panels arranged in 3 tiers of 4

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Top Tier

4 heads (Good Women) in roundels set among quarries:

Griselda – wife of Walter, an Italian nobleman, whose fidelity is tested to the extreme in Chaucer’s “The Clerks Prologue & Tale”. In total 6 were sold, lastly in 1878 

Dorigen – Chaucer’s heroine from “The Franklin Tale”. In total 5 were made, lastly in 1877. One in Birmingham Art Gallery. 

Constance – the Christian princess betrothed to a Syrian Sultan in Chaucer’s “The Man of Law’s Tale”. In total 7 were sold, lastly in 1877. One in Birmingham Art Gallery

Cressida – wife of Troilus forced into infidelity in Chaucer’s poem “Troilus & Cressida”, a work much larger than his Canterbury Tales. In total 6 were sold, lastly in 1877.

All designed by Burne-Jones and from the Morris catalogue, from a series of 5 (the other being Penelope)

Original designs for a house called The Hill, Witley, Surrey, for Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) the renowned illustrator. Also made for Sidmouth Manor, but now dismantled and in Birmingham Art Gallery (Sewter)

Middle Tier

4 Minstrels set among quarries:

With Rebec (mandolin), robe girded up (Angel 37). Made three times. Lastly in 1882. One in Montreal Museum

With Pipe (straight) onn left, robe girded up. Made twice

With Cymbals (Angel 40). Made 5 times. Lastly in 1900

With Harp, in split tunic and looking back (Angel 29). Made twice, Sidmouth Manor and Thornbridge

All designed by William Morris and from their catalogue, from a full series of 12

Original designs for Sidmouth Manor, Devon in 1876, the same time as Thornbridge, now dismantled and (maybe) part of the V & A collection, with some lost (Sewter)

Original designs would have been for churches and were angels – for private houses the wings were removed

 

Bottom Tier

4 panels with pointed tops set among quarries:

Luna – “Stella mutabilis Ivnac”

A female figure in deep blue with a large pink crab. Used 4 times. Lastly 1913 for Folkstone

Earth – “Terra omnipabens”

A female figure in white and a child with a wolf. Used 4 times. Lastly 1903 for Blackburn Grammar School

Morning Star – “Stella matutina”

A female figure in white against a yellow sky with green cliffs and sea below. Used 7 times. 1 in the former Adelaide Stock Exchange

Evening Star – “Stella vespertine

A female figure in white against a deep blue sky background with a landscape below. Used 8 times. 1 in the former Adelaide Stock Exchange

 

Cartoons by E B-J with the originals held by British museums

Painted by Bowman (Luna Earth & Morning Star) and Dearle (Evening Star)

 

At Thornbridge the original location of the bottom tier was described as being in the Billiards Room. We have a photo showing 3 of them beside the South Entrance (beside/in the Billiards Room)

 

Original designs from 1879 for a house called Woodlands in Bradford belonging to Baron Angus Holden that were part of a set of 9 panels, the others being Mars, Sol, Venus, Jupiter & Saturn

 

Of those 9: 2 are lost, 5 belong to Andrew Lloyd Webber (previously Jimmy Page), 1 is in a museum in America and 1 was sold at Sotheby’s to a private buyer.

There are also 3 are in Adelaide, Australia, in the former Stock Exchange (Morning Star, Evening Star & Sol) now the Science Exchange of the Royal Institution of Australia

 

Tulip Quarries Window

Attributed to William Morris & Co by A. Charles Sewter

Commissioned by Frederick Craven

Dated 1876

 

A window of 4 rectangular panels

Painted by Stokes

Original location described as being in the Billiards Room

 

Tulip Quarries Linen Room

Attributed to William Morris & Co by A. Charles Sewter

Commissioned by Frederick Craven

Dated 1876 (assumed)

Painted by Stokes

 

Minstrels Window

Attributed to F. Vincent Hart by William Waters

Perhaps manufactured by Cottier & Co

Commissioned by unknown

Date Unknown

 

Bird Window & associated windows & lights

Origin unknown

Commissioned by unknown

Date unknown

 

“A Merry Heart” Window

Origin unknown

 

Marples Coat of Arms Window

Origin unknown

Commissioned by George Jobson Marples

Date unknown

 

“A Deo Omnia” Window

Origin unknown

Commissioned by unknown

Date unknown

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Burne-Jones Panel Information