An Altar Frontal for All Seasons was completed in 1989. Designed and embroidered by local artist, Joan Van Schaick, the leaves in the liturgical seasonal colours were worked by parishioners.
“The light of God encircles the Cross turning it to gold and flows into the world and into the Forest”
Textiles
Stations of the Cross – Nave and Chancel
We are very fortunate to have on permanent display in the church fifteen egg tempera paintings in traditional Byzantine style written by Sister Theresa Margaret CHN. The Icons are written on larch wood panels donated by the Forestry Commission. The colours are mainly white, red, brown and blue to blend in with the stained-glass windows. In addition to the standard fourteen ‘stations’ a fifteenth has been included depicting the glorious victory of Easter. The work was commissioned by two members of the congregation, specifically for this church and its people in 2000. Please come and see them.
Icons
The Windows
The stained glass in the trefoiled-lancet windows depict images from the Bible and were made by Ward & Hughes, Frith Street, Soho (1864-9). The East window is dedicated to Jonathan Hargreaves of Cuffnells whose son Reginald married Alice Liddell of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ fame. It is possible that his widow Anna Maria Hargreaves paid for the window. Click here for descriptions of the windows.