As promised the second part of my look around St Nicholas Newbury. What took me by surprise was the amount of stained glass windows in the church
Above you enter through porch above and are greeted by a floral display beside the portal
Above which is this wonderful window of the birth of Christ
Facing you is this effigy on a memorial though I could not tell you who it is apart from the fact he had a lot of kids. To the right of it is this beautiful piece of artwork
To your left is this magnificent stained glass window at the west end of the South Aisle
Walking across to the nave you get this view of the church
Nearby is the baptismal font
Standing in the chancel arch you can see the nave has been re-ordered
The stained glass chancel window is what stands out in the church
The carving behind the altar was impressive as well
View of the choir stalls in the chancel
The North aisle looking towards the old Church Organ
A view down the Nave. It was here the Newbury Martyrs were put on trial
Above the entrance to the Lady Chapel in the South Aisle
Which has rather nice Altar decoration
The stained glass window is quite beautiful too.
Left a view from the chapel along the South Aisle
Nearby is the pulpit which has a sounding board above
View of the nave from the Pulpit
At the back of the church is the Roll of Honour for Newbury
The top of which has tiles showing the three main forces
In the bell tower you can see a lot of memorials from differing dates
a church brass on the wall
Above a memorial to the submarine HMS Tigris which was adopted by the People of Newbury . Right memorial plaques of differing years
Above the Roll of Honour for those men of the parish who died in WWI
Left some of the old family vaults at the back of the church
Above the stained glass window in the West end of the Bell tower
The Lords prayer and parts of scripture in the south aisle. Right a memorial in the Lady Chapel
The Stained glass window stands above the entrance door to the lady chapel in the South wall of the church
Two more of the memorilas in the chapel
Above the stained glass window at the end of the North aisle , left one above a door in the North wall
There are four huge stained glass windows in the North aisle
The last one which is to the right of this one showing Jesus calming the water I was unable to photograph because of a panel in front of it
One the South aisle are four more stained glass windows
They all show scenes from the life of Christ
And if that was not enough when you walk along the nave all the windows above are Stained glass too
While you are looking up check out the roof
Its pure medieval
One of the Angles you can see in the nave
Not sure about this one, is is a green man or dies he have a turban on?
I'll leave you with this stitch photo looking from the Chancel to the nave. I hope you enjoyed your little tour round though I feel the photos do not do the church justice, you really need to walk around to see everything.
Have a peaceful weekend
7 comments:
Very beautiful church.
Hello Bill!
Beautiful church and very interesting architecture and stained glass.
Great is your relationship and excellent photos.
Greetings, Bill:)
The stone carvings and windows complement each other very well.
...Bill, this is gorgeous, it's mini cathedral.
Have to agree after seeing people the inside
Wow! Thanks for photographing all those windows. Impressive.
It's a beautiful church with all that stained glass and I would love to visit someday. I was interested to see what the window looked like where the door to the chapel has cut into the window. The memorials are very interesting. Thank you for the links to further information. The altar cloths are lovely. Some people have worked on the designs and embroidery with a lot of thought and skill. You've done a wonderful job in recording all the detail with your photos. Thank you Bill.
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