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Christ Blessing Children Brought by their Mothers

  Christ Blessing Children Brought by their Mothers

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about 1945

Single-light window.

size: 50 cm (width) [approx]
firm/studio: Burlison & Grylls

Church of St Mary, Builth Wells, Powys
west wall of the south aisle

The faculty for the window is dated July 1945, and notes the designer of the window was Harry Grylls. The estimated cost was £175.

Dedication: 'Dedicated to all little ones in memory of Harold Carpenter.' It was given by his wife, Lady Carpenter.


The image of Christ as the Good Shepherd is also suggested by the figure of a shepherd with sheep in the background, beneath the city walls.

 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 21-11-2023

 

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References

Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: 1979), p. 304.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2023.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4452 (accessed 19 March 2024)



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