Christ Ascending detail from The Ascension - image from Stained Glass in Wales

Christ Ascending
detail from The Ascension

Photo © Martin Crampin

about 1922

Three-light window.

firm/studio: J. Wippell & Co. Ltd

Church of St Mary, Briton Ferry, Neath Port Talbot
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)

Attributed to Wippell & Co through comparison with other windows by them in the area. It is perhaps their most impressive work of this date in the region.

Given in memory of Warren Roberts (1891-1922).

Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 25-05-2018

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the Ascension [Luke 24:50-51; Acts 1:9-11]

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Further reading

Martin Crampin, Attributing windows by J. Wippell & Co. of Exeter (2016).

References

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 163.

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2018.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/2304 (accessed 22 November 2024)

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