Heavenly Gifts
Photo © Martin Crampin
Windows on the south side of the nave.
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1977
Two pairs of windows on opposite sides of the nave clerestory. Although largely abstract, some symbols are clear and a biblical text is given above the easternmost light of each pair. In the south pair, the biblical reference is to the parable of the wheat and the tares. The left-hand light shows a dove descending upon a church with the suggestion of a red cross. The north pair has a reference to Isaiah 45: 8, the raining down and springing up of righteousness and salvation. There are suggestions of the sun, the chi-rho and the chalice and host in the left-hand light, and on the right a descending dove and the suggestion of a red sword, and a serpent, a torch and a wheel at the bottom.
artist: Leonard Charles EvettsChurch of St Theodore, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbotnorth and south clerestory
Signed by the artist.
Each light carries a name of those commemorated, all from the same family: Guiditta Rosa Elizabeth Cound (1889-1971), William James Francis Cound (1893-1974), Richard Martin Cound (1855-1915), Mary Cound (1853-1937).
The windows were reset in their current position in 2000, from their original position in the south chapel. These openings are larger, with the upper roundels added above one of the lights. (ObjectID=1693 ImageID=3392) Original File Name=Port Talbot_DSC0803.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 15-01-2021
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Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to Leonard Charles EvettsFurther readingLeonard Evetts: Master Designer (Newcastle-on-Tyne: 2001), pp. 72, 197.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 533.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2021.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1693 (accessed 22 December 2024)
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