The Ascension
1885
Three-light window with Christ ascending to heaven with angels, and eleven disciples below. Unusually the haloes give the names of each disciple.
firm/studio: Clayton & BellChurch of St Simon and St Jude, Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshireeast wall of the chancel
Dedication: 'To the glory of God and in memory of the Edwards of Blaensawdde in this parish this window is erected by their kinsman Howell Gwyn of Dyffryn Neath AD:1885'.
Howel Gwyn JP (1806-88) was honary treasurer for Llanddeusant Church and a prominent public figure and benefactor in Victorian Neath society. During his political career he had served as alderman, town councillor, mayor, High Sheriff of Glamorgan, and MP for Brecon and Falmouth. Gwyn paid for this window as part of the 1885 church restoration. He married the Lord Lieutenant's daughter of Blaensawdde, Llanddeusant.
The window was restored in 2013 by Jim Budd. (ObjectID=4566 ImageID=8545) Original File Name=East Clayton & Bell Window The Ascension of Our Lord..jpgRecord added by Carole Spackman, edited by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 07-02-2015
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Show more subjectsThomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 245.
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, 2015. (record added by Carole Spackman)
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