Cathedral Church of St. Edmundsbury

In 1914, the former St. James' of Bury St. Edmunds became the cathedral church of the newly created Diocese of Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The original church was built in the Norman style and the nave dates to the early 16th century, but much of the current building was rebuilt and expanded since the 1960s. 

St. James' in 1779. Note separate Norman tower on the right.

St. James' circa 1870 after Scott's renovation.

St. James' in 2014 with its new, connected tower.

The redesigned chancel that G.G. Scott added in 1865-69 contained Salviati mosaics within alabaster reredos made by Farmer and Brindley and financed by bankers Oakes and Bevan. The raised quatrefoil center contained an alabaster cross flanked by the symbols for Alpha, Omega and XP on a golden mosaic base. The spandrils contained symbols of the Evangelists, as well as a pelican and the Holy lamb.

The chancel circa 1922 with the Salviati mosaics.

While the Baptismal font from 1870 (also by Scott) and numerous Victorian stained glass windows survived 20th century renovations, the reredos were removed and their fate is unclear.

Sources:

The National Archives. Cathedral Church of St. James, Bury St. Edmunds. Accessed January 30, 2022.
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St. Edmundsbury Cathedral. Accessed January 30, 2022.
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An antique line engraving published by F. Lankester. Circa 1870. Later coloured by hand.
Francis Frith: Bury St. Edmonds.

St. Mark's Church, Hamilton Terrace

This Gothic style church by Thomas Cundy was consecrated in 1847. The architect's son Thomas Cundy II finished the spire in 1864. E.B. Ferrey also added a new chancel in 1878.

The Venice and Murano Mosaic Company made the six mosaic panels for the pulpit around 1879. They depict the Four Evangelists flanking Sts. Peter and Paul.

Sources:
The Builder. July 26, 1879. 842.
Speel, Bob. St. Mark's Hamilton Terrace - A Church with Mosaics. 
"Church of St. Mark, Hamilton Terrace". English Heritage.
Images of England: Church of St. Mark Hamilton Terrace. English Heritage.

St. Clement's Church, Bradford

This church was built 1892-94 by architect E.P. Warren.

The internal decorations include painting and design work by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, as well as a large mosaic reredos by Salviati.

The reredos features a central Lamb of God, surrounded by the usual symbolic representations of the four Evangelists.

Sources:
British Listed Buildings
St. Clement's Bradford 
Hipwell, Deirdre. "Case Studies:'Cash-flow has been wrecked'." The Times. May 30, 2011.
James W. Bell's flickr Photostream
Ruthie P's flickr Photostream

All Saints' Church, Hurworth-on-Tees

Architect J.P. Pritchett restored this 14th century church in 1870 by enlarging the chancel.

The newly installed reredos of Caen stone and Irish marble was embellished with Venetian mosaics by Salviati & Co. after designs by Pritchett. It consists of four large arcades containing two smaller ones each. The four central panels depict the Holy Trinity, Lamb of God, Pelican in her Piety, and Dove of Peace. The mosaics on either side show the usual symbols for the four Evangelists.

Sources:
"New Buildings and Restorations." The Architect. Vol 4. London: Dec. 3, 1870. 324.
jmc4 - ChurchExplorer's flickr Photostream
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Grace Church, New York

The church was founded in 1818, but James Renwick, Jr. designed the current, early Gothic Revival building that was began in 1843 and consecrated in 1846.

The carved marble reredos contains a central Venetian mosaic panel of the Savior's Ascension with Christ surrounded by his eight disciples, while two apostles in individual arcades flank either side.

Renwick also designed the reredos, which was carved by English sculptors Ellin and Kitson in 1878. Clayton and Bell, as well as Henry Holiday also made stained glass for the church.

The chancel floor is marble mosaic also by Salviati, Burke and Company showing three angels with emblems of the Crucifixion.

Sources:
The Churchman. Vol. 40. Nov. 22, 1879. 580.
Wikipedia
Grace Church 
MuseumPlanet on Panoramio
Panoramio
Mattron's flickr Photostream

Reading Minster of St. Mary the Virgin

The main church building dates to the 11th century, but restorations have been done to it throughout the years, including in the 19th century, in both 1863 and 1872.

The mosaics of the Evangelists, that were originally part of the reredos, were moved to the Lady Chapel in 1953.

The chancel around 1875

Detail showing the original reredos

The chancel today

The mosaics in the Lady Chapel

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 124.
Reading Minster Virtual Tour
Wikipedia
Ben Sutherland on Wikimedia Commons
Reading Borough Libraries on Wikimedia Commons
Bill Nicholls' on Wikimedia Commons

St. Andrew's Church, Exwick

Built 1841-42 by architect John Hayward, this church was later enlarged in 1873-75 by Hayward at the expense of William Gibbs of Tyntesfield.

However, the church's planned tower was never built.

The original 1841 reredos by Simon Rowe was embellished in 1875 with Salviati mosaics of the Ascension of Christ flanked by two apostles on each side. Incidentally, the chapel at Gibbs' estate built at the same time was also decorated with Salviati mosaics and he may have suggested their use in Exwick.

Archival photo from 1936

Sources:
Wikipedia
Cherry, Bridget and Nikolaus Pevsner. Buildings of England: Devon. 5th ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. 387-390.
David Cornforth for Exeter Memories
Peter Holmes on Geograph
Current photographs of the reredos were kindly provided by Graeme Salisbury of St. Andrew's, Exwick

Charterhouse School Chapel, Godalming

The original school was founded in 1611 in London by Thomas Sutton, but a Royal Commission decided to transfer it to the countryside in 1864. The first few buildings in Godalming including the chapel were designed by Philip Charles Hardwick after the boarding school moved there in 1872. Construction was carried out by Lucas Brothers.

The chapel and memorial cloister around 1900 (below). The building was not as Hardwick had originally designed it since the school's governing body decided to make it smaller, which ended up being the reason it was replaced some sixty-four years later.

The Caen marble reredos was installed in 1874 in the east end of the chapel. Salviati enamel mosaics alternated in panels with geometric shaped marble mosaics. The upper section contained a large central mosaic of the Last Supper - a gift of Carthusian G.T. Clarke, Esq. - that was the exact length of the altar. Two Evangelists on gold backgrounds flanked each side. The lower portion contained each of the Evangelists' corresponding emblems, while the central panel depicted the Sacraments - a grape vine, a dove over water, and a trefoil - and a pink cross with a white border.

In 1937, the reredos was removed and the entire east wall was blocked up, leaving just the stained glass windows visible only from the outside. The chapel was subsequently converted into the music school in 1940. The mosaic of the Last Supper came into the possession of an old Carthusian in 1942, who six years later had it restored and placed in the Memorial Chapel of Clayton Parish (St. John's) Church some 230 miles away. The reredos was rededicated in 1949. It is unknown what happened to the other parts of the original mosaic composition.

 
The new chapel at Charterhouse still in use was designed by G.G. Scott and built in 1927.

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 125.
Wikipedia
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Heslington Church

Designed by John Bownas Atkinson and William Atkinson of York, this church - known at the time as St. Paul's Church - was built 1857-58.
 

Salviati's Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company located at 30 St. James Street in London made the enamel mosaic reredos. Consisting of nine panels in the east end of the church, they depict the four Evangelists, four floral motifs, as well as a Maltese cross in the center.

The original chancel of the Victorian church has now been converted into a side chapel.

Sources:
The Builder. London: George Godwin. September 9, 1882. 355.
Heslington Church
Tim Parkinson's flickr Photostream
Roger Walton's flickr Photostream

St. John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church, Dumfries

Architects William Slater and Richard Herbert Carpenter of London designed this church that was built 1867-68.

Salviati made the mosaic panels in the reredos and spandrels.

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 125.
Dumfries Churches
McDowall, William. History of the burgh of Dumfries. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1867. 820.
Rose and Trev Clough on Geograph

St. Jude's Church, Kensington

Brothers George and Henry Godwin designed this church, which was built 1867-70.

The alabaster reredos was carved by Thomas Earp and decorated with mosaics by Salviati and Burke in 1880.

The Lamb of God is surrounded on either side by two kneeling Evangelists in their symbolic forms.

Sources:
Wikipedia: St. Jude's
Wikipedia : Earp
Cherry, Bridget and Nikolaus Pevsner: 'The Buildings of England – London 3: North West' New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. 458-9.
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RLP Surveyors 
John Salmon on Wikimedia Commons

St. Luke's Church Battersea

Architect Frederick William Hunt designed this church, which was built 1882-93.

The choir contains a Salviati mosaic of the winged bull of St. Luke above the north door to the vestry. It was added in 1891 and modeled after the circular window in St. Mary's Battersea.

Sources:
St. Luke's Church
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Scott Shaw's A View from Tokyo blog.

Church of the Ascension, Chicago

The church building has been standing in its present location since 1867. St. Faith's Chapel was added in 1874 by John Addison and it included a new sacristy with a marble altar and reredos.

Salviati made the mosaics on the tabernacle door and the panels on the 1893 altar that was designed by Edward J.N. Stent.

Agnus Dei or Lamb of God in the middle, surrounded by the four Evangelists.

The Crucifixion in mosaic on the Tabernacle door.

 

Sources:
Wright, John. Some notable altars in the Church of England and the American Episcopal Church. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1908. 355.
Giles, George C. History of the Church of the Ascension, Chicago, Illinois 1857-1982.
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Inner Light Radiant Life