Jim Hellyer

I’m liking those owls!

@jshellyer.bsky.social Sherborne cemetery harboured a decaying gem: the Digby Mausoleum, shown in the London Exhibition of 1862. Built by George Wingfield Digby for his family.

The wide pointed entrance arch is a tour de force; in the tympanum a relief of the Lord's Resurrection by Redfern. 1/2

I’m off to Edinburgh in July so I’ll hope for decent light!

think we spoke about it on here, but I visited St Mark’s, Broomhill on an unusually gloomy day. May I present, John Piper:

He brilliant, isn’t he? one of the best early c20 stained glass artists for me (& there is some v stiff competition!)

If you’re ever in Hertfordshire may I heartily recommend a visit to Waterford. Full of glass wonderful glass by Burne-Jones, Douglas Strachan & this St Cecilia by Parsons

Walsingham Bridewell, Norfolk #adoorablethursday

that perspex stuff can look dead ugly from the outside but I was thankful for it when visiting Catshill, Worcs recently to see the Karl Parsons work there.

It was a sunny day so I was terrified of encountering the rectangles of doom but window was thankfully protected by clear plastic

The dreaded grilles! I encountered a bad case last week in Stourbridge with a panel by Henry Payne

One prays for a cloud but it never arrives

The Hall of Brasenose College in Oxford (early 16c) #windowsonwednesday

Whole thing

The head of Christ is surely a portrait, so quite possibly that of the commemorated - Christopher Morcom (d. 1930)

a day off, so out I went

Karl Parsons glass of 1931 at Catshill, Worcs.

St Christopher carrying the Christ Child

JH Dearle work of 1915-16 in the south chapel

to St Mary, Oldswinford next

A look back from the elaborate 1890s chancel at the wonderful pre-Ecclesiological nave of the early 1840s

Quite the contrast

& that roof!

Glass by Henry Payne at St Thomas, Stourbridge (left pic)

and because I’ve been thinking about comparions recently, here is his window at St Agnes, Moseley commemorating William Harrison Colmore (d. 1907) that I saw a few years ago

An unplanned day in Worcestershire (so no itinerary!)

first stop a rather impressive early Georgian church- St Thomas, Stourbridge (1728-36)

The baroque east end is an 1889-90 addition, but I rather like it

Well preserved interior recalls Wren’s St James, Piccadilly (but a fair bit more austere)

but then when will drag my two poor children around interwar churches in London?

P.S. I actually started to upload them last night. wish me luck

Thanks! hadn’t heard of this

will deploy with some satisfaction in the future

thought this one was superb when I saw it - those feet! Like something out of a Grünewald

But that’s a skill no longer in demand! Yes these are my photos from a good few years ago.

I really should upload all my photos to Flickr - I’ve got a tad over 150k from over 20 years of looking (about 65% churches, perhaps. A lot of glass). It’s just a massive task and I’m dead lazy. One day

got the info from Robert Walker’s book ‘Medieval Stained Glass in Heref, & Shropshire’, according to my notes. I’ve used reverse image search many a time but know what you mean

In the early days of Twitter I prided myself on being able to (often) identify unknown churches on postcards etc.

Thanks Mark

you may already know, but there are more pieces after Galle/Heemskerck at nearby Uffington (about 3 miles outside Shrewsbury)

not sure about this one though? some sort of Ars Moriendi or something?

And for the hat trick - Esther accusing Haman at the banquet by the same

thanks again for the tip off

An engraving of Judith about to cut off Holofernes' head whilst her servant waits outside.

It's based on a design by Maarten van Heemskerck. Here is an engraving using his design by Philips Galle (British Museum).

Ah thank you for this. I now see ‘Judith Presented to Holofernes’ from the same series was there too

And a very worn/damaged (but somehow the better for it) Judith & Holofernes

But who is this?

A rare outing of that goldsmith turned bishop, Saint Éloi?

I guess it’s from an engraving

Yes, agree

I popped over to Twitter to view it

Some fine c17 roundels at the west end of St Mary’s, Shrewsbury

Not there during my last visit, I don’t think. I wonder where they’re from?

This one is labelled as unknown saint/bishop

but with a martyr's palm, mitre & the stoning scene in the background, I guess that Timothy is a safe bet?

Oh dear - they’ve censored it (again)

Thank you for the photos in return! I’ll certainly try to arrange a visit when next down that way