Showing posts with label 1887. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1887. Show all posts

Monday, February 24, 2014

St. Andrew's Moreton on Lugg

This Medieval church was reconstructed in 1867 by W.H. Knight of Cheltenham.


Salviati added the chancel wall mosaics of the "Heavenly Jerusalem" in 1887 after a commission by Harriet Evans, widow of Thomas Evans, owner of the nearby Morton Court.



Sources:
British Listed Buildings
Wikimedia Commons from Philip Halling
Pevsner, Nikolaus. Buildings of England: herefordshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963. 256.
National Churches Trust
Duncumb, John et al. Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford. Vol 3. London: John Murray, 1882. 145.
Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire (1895). 143.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Holy Trinity Chapel, Capesthorne Hall

This 18th century private chapel by John Ward on the grounds of Capesthorne Hall was significantly altered in 1887 on the direction of Mrs. Augusta Bromley Davenport in memory of her deceased husband.

 Capesthorne Hall


 The Chapel



The mosaic reredos in the apsidal chancel by Salviati was inspired by Giotto's "Dormition" painting.


Mosaic Detail

 

Sources:
British Listed Buildings
Wikipedia
Cheshire Peaks and Plains
Martin Alford's flickr Photostream
Sale Photo Society's flickr Photostream

Friday, February 1, 2013

St. Editha's Church Tamworth

The original 9th century Norman church was restored extensively by G.G. Scott in the 1850s and by William Butterfield around 1871.



The eastern chancel contains five marble arcades framing Salviati mosaics from 1887.



Sources:
British Listed Buildings
Elliott Brown's flickr Photostream
Visit Tamworth
St. Editha's Church
Richardr's flickr Photostream

Friday, January 18, 2013

St. Agnes' Church Newmarket

Consecrated in 1887, this small, Victorian church was designed by Richard Herbert Carpenter in the Decorated style and built in the memory of W.S. Stirling Crawfurd, Esquire by his wife, Caroline Agnes, the Duchess of Montrose.



The interior barely seats 100 people,  but the decorations above the altar - including the triple-arcaded Salviati mosaics - may be the most elaborate in all of Suffolk. The chancel on the east end contains a marble reredos, above which are the mosaics that represent the "Angelic Order" and "Heavenly Jerusalem", which were designed by John R. Clayton.



Sources:
St. Mary's and St. Agnes' Church
Suffolkchurches
James Yardley Geograph pictures
Newmarket's Personalities from the Past - VI
Pearson, Lynn. "Suffolk" in PDF format.
Barker, H.R. West Suffolk. Bury St. Edmund's: F.G. Pawsey and Co. Ltd., 1907. 278.
English Heritage
American Institute of Architects. Architectural  Record. Vol 2. New York: The Record and Guide, 1893. 81.