Reflections on Stained Glass

The Church of St Mary, built on the remains of a Saxon Church and incorporating some of the ancient stonework. The north chancel wall of the...

Back in June I fulfilled a long held wish to visit the Orkneys and Shetland. It was Orkney that made the deepest impact on me with so much ...

"A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid" An inscription on the Millennium Window ***** The Millennium Window in the church o...

This steps outside of the 'stained/painted glass' remit; it is so exquisite, however, I must include it. In the Morning Chapel at Sa...

Prisoner of Conscience Window There is much to choose from in the beautiful and historic Salisbury Cathedral - medieval, Victorian or 20 th...

Nativity Window - designed by John Piper (1903-1992) Iffley Church, Oxford ******* Today I walked along the Thames towpath in Oxford to vis...

Last week I spent some time in the city of St David's in west Wales and needless to say visited the famous cathedral while there. Unlike...

The Tree of Life The Fish Window (click on photo to enlarge) In my search for unususal and beautiful stained glass, I have entered many chu...

Today I visited the Oxfordshire village of Buckland with a walking group. While we were waiting for everyone to arrive I had a little wan...

A detail from a window in the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Buckland Oxfordshire "... make me an instrument of your peace, where ther...

The sleeping guard - a detail from a window in the Church of the Virgin Mary at Bishop Cannings in Wiltshire

Justice and Mercy St George's Church, Preshute, Marlborough “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” (...

A detail from the window below - showing the mythical George slaying the dragon. What the dragon really represented is the subject of deba...

This photograph does not do justice to the beautiful art noveau domed roof in the Berkeley public house - today in Bristol while waiting to ...

Ian Cox who lives in Devon has sent me this lovely window photograph - also the text below. Thank you Ian for making such a splendid contrib...

St Mary's church in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire ------- Today, after a long enjoyable walk we (friends) stopped off to have a look at the lo...

I found this little window over the door of the Fisherman Museum in Scalloway while visiting the Shetlands recently. Appropriate and lovely...

I am including this window from the church at Longbridge Deverill because I loved the way the sunlight fell through it. Outside it was a per...

A detail from the Glastonbury window in the peaceful church at Longbridge Deverill in Somerset - showing Joseph of Arimathea setting sail f...

A fascinating web-site on stained glass here: http://www.stainedglassmuseum.com/index.shtml Somewhere I have yet to visit but it is high on ...

Unfortunately, I cannot claim to have seen these beautiful windows but first saw these photos on the Avebury discussion forum where they we...

A detail from a window in the Wroughton parish church, St John the Baptist and St Helen. I include it because I love the colour of the purp...

The staircase windows ........... These are the windows that initially inspired this blog - my son and his little family moved in a family ...

Historical graffiti and small window in the porch of the 15th century church of St Mary the Virgin at the little hamlet of Calstone Wellingt...

Stained glass exhibit by Tony Bolland from an original painting by John Piper The Cherhill White Horse .............. Today I went along ...

A window in the 14th century chancel of St Leonards, the beautiful little Norman church at Stanton Fitzwarren in Wiltshire. The glass is Vi...

Detail from a window commissioned to celebrate the 150 th anniversary of St Mark's Church in Swindon . A detail from a large and spe...

photo and text by Glynn Wadeson Just thought you might like to see this detail of a stained glass memorial window in St. Mary's church E...

I first spotted this lovely little window from the street. When I finally gained access to the Health Hydro I tracked it down to a room whi...

Detail from the Nativity Window in Christchurch - the shepherds The above window was made and donated to Christchurch in 1987 by stained g...