Showing posts with label Butterfield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Butterfield. Show all posts

Monday, June 10, 2013

Tait Chapel, Fulham Palace

William Butterfield designed the current chapel for Bishop Tait in 1866-67.


The Salviati mosaic reredos depicting the "Nativity" or "Adoration of the Magi" - also designed by Butterfield with cartoons by Alexander Gibbs - was moved to the west wall after reorganization of the chapel following bomb damage in World War II.



The chancel wall with the Salviati reredos before 1896.


A 1901 edition of "The Graphic" shows some pictures of Fulham Palace, including the Chapel in the top center.


The current reredos.

Sources:
Cherry, Bridget and Nikolaus Pevsner. "London 3: North West." New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. 238.
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 124.
Feret, Charles James. "Fulham old and new: being an exhaustive history of the ancient parish of Fulham." London: The Leadenhall Press, 1900. 116.
Fulham Palace History
Rougetete's flickr Photostream
Margaret Ferguson Burns' flickr Photostream
Kim Toohey's flickr Photostream
Prints-4-All

Monday, May 20, 2013

St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne

Built on the site of a former parish church, this Anglican cathedral was designed by William Butterfield and built 1880-91.



Butterfield's design


The cartoon for the 300 square foot reredos was made by Clayton and Bell. It depicts the Crucifixion and Last Supper on top, with a cross in the middle that is flanked by Saints Peter and Paul.





Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1916. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 126.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

All Saints Babbacombe

William Butterfield designed this church - also known as the Parish Church of All Saints, Torbay - that was built 1868-74.


The chancel mosaics, depicting Saints John Chrysostom, Peter, Paul and Athanesius on an elongaged hexafoil background, are by Salviati.


Sources:
British Listed Buildings
All Saints Babbacombe
Ollie_57's flickr Photostream
David Nicholls' 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

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

St. Andrew's Landford

Designed by William Butterfield, this church was built 1855-58 on the site of several previous structures, some parts of which dated back to at least the 11th century.



In 1888, the building was enlarged with a new north transept and a vestry on the east.  The mosaic "Our Saviour" by the Salviati company was placed above the pulpit in 1914.



Sources:
Wiltshire Community History
Geolocation
National Archives UK