The Church Windows
We usually walk past the windows like we do the wallpaper at home, but it
really is worth just spending a moment to think about the different stories or
incidents in the life of Jesus which are illustrated there.
Depending how you count them, St. Paul’s has some twenty five major
individual stained / painted / leaded glass windows. As can be seen above,
six of these form the West window and five form the East with some smaller
designs to create the overall effect.
A further eight are in four pairs down the South wall, three along the North
wall and three in the porch. We also have twelve clerestory windows.
Unfortunately, as is often the case, the windows attract the attention of
people who want to use them as target practice, so they are protected by
acrylic sheets. This is why the external pictures do not show much detail of
the windows.
Thank you to Muriel Scholes for carrying out the research on our windows
and producing the text which was originally used for a series on the
windows in our monthly parish magazine.
Click on the small pictures in the text on the following pages for
larger versions of the window pictures.
Made with Xara Web Designer
Stained Glass
Windows
If we were having new
stained / painted / leaded
glass windows of a similar
standard to those we have,
the cost today would
probably be well over
£1,000 per square foot
depending on the
complexity i.e. number of
individual pieces / colours.
So a typical window (21” by
62” - an area of about 9
square feet) could cost
substantially more than
£10,000 up to many £10ks,
again depending on the
complexity of the design.
Have a look at our ideas for
possible new windows on
the final pages of this
series on our stained glass.
The Parish of
St. Paul
Oldham