Stained Glass firm established by William Wailes in Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1838. It quickly became one of the two largest workshops in England with a vast output (the other was Hardmans of Birmingham), and by 1851 William Wailes was employing 76 workmen. From 1838-45 he made windows for A.W.N. Pugin. Windows by Wailes are characterised by bright colours. Later work was more 'factually' Biblical, and even pictorial. After the death of William Wailes in 1881, the firm continued to make stained glass under the leadership of Thomas Rankine Strang, the son-in-law of William Wailes, using the name Wailes and Strang. Waile's daughter and Strang's wife, Margaret Janet Wailes, was probably the chief designer in the later stages of the firm's life.
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| Signature from The Baptism of Christ and Christ with Children 1900 Church of St Mary and Nicholas, Beaumaris, Anglesey north wall of the north aisle (window number: nIV) | |
| Signature from The Baptism of Christ and Christ with Children 1900 Church of St Mary and Nicholas, Beaumaris, Anglesey north wall of the north aisle (window number: nIV) | |
| Monogram from Scenes from the Life of Christ 1855 Church of St Peter and St Meugan, Ruthin, Denbighshire east wall of the chancel | |
| Monogram from Peter's Confession, Christ Blessing the Children and Christ's Feet Anointed at Bethany 1852 Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire south wall of Whitley Chancel aisle (window number: sIV) |
Ronald Torbet, The Wonderful Windows of William Wailes (Lancaster: Scotforth Books, 2003).
Paul Thompson, William Butterfield (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971), p. 463.
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