Stained Glass Tours in England

Although the purpose of this book is the quest of windows, it happens that these very windows are so obligingly disposed throughout the length and breadth of England, and light...

It is clear that the glass artist, whatever his nationality, had at all times to take heed of the architecture which provided the setting for his glass, and which his work was t...

There is also later glass to be seen here. St. Thomas's Church, in the first embrasure from the east of the north aisle, has the remains of a Decorated Tree of Jesse, in which,...

Sad havoc has been played with the ancient glass, but here we cannot blame the Puritans alone. To be sure, they exercised their usual zeal in destroying the windows as far up as...

1. Windows of several lancets, with tracery lights above them. 2. Decorative treatment of tracery lights. 3. Yellow stain. 4. Coated glass (several layers of different colours)....

Perched high in a strong position at a bend in the River Teme rises the noble ruin of what was once the castle of Ludlow, visible from quite a distance, no matter from which dir...

After descending the hill, crowned by the cathedral, we cross over into the other part of the town to see the fine church of St. Mary Redcliffe, where, although there is but lit...

Not only do the most ancient traditions of all Oxford linger about Merton, but it looks the part--it conveys the impression of its extreme age to any one who enters its gates. M...

Lying in the midst of a pleasing but tame countryside the little village of Fairford has nothing to recommend it to the seeker after the unusual but the windows of its parish ch...

"On a May mornege . on Malverne hulles, I was wery forwandred . and went me to reste Under a brode banke . bi a bornes side, And as I lay and lened . and loked in ye wateres I s...

The huge choir of the cathedral abounds in splendid specimens of the glazier's art during the Perpendicular period. Here is collected all that the minster possesses of that epoc...

The earliest appreciation by the outside world of the great natural wealth of England was evidenced by those perilous voyages out into the unknown sea beyond the Pillars of Herc...

An exquisite sense of balance seems to prevail throughout the interior, and in no feature of the decoration is it so noticeable as in the windows. The large expanse of each is b...

If one be travelling by bicycle or automobile, a pleasant addition to this trip may be made, on the way back to London, by taking one small _detour_ of about ten miles to visit...