It is remarkable but aesthetically satisfying that our windows, inserted at four quite separate dates, and as far as I can tell by four different firms, should have such unity of style and colour. They deserve careful study. Try sitting in different parts of the church, and meditate on each in turn.

The Good Shepherd

When World War I was over it was decided to install the Rose Window as a war memorial. This window was completed in 1921. The medieval rose window usually showed Christ in Majesty surrounded by angelic choirs and heavenly hosts. Our window, strongly Pre-Raphaelite in style, shows a feminine, heavenly orchestra surrounding Christ in Majesty. It includes percussion, wind and stringed instruments, and pipes, directed by a conductress whose every line seems to speak of Dante Gabriel Rosetti. This window appropriately smiles down upon our choir. The Good Shepherd window, a memorial to Mr. Fawcett, treasurer from 1909 to 1916, was dedicated on 14th November, 1926.

The Good Shepherd window, however, shows a slightly different technique and much more use of brush-work. The Pre-Raphaelites did not copy medieval windows, and in the same way our windows preserve some of the characteristics of the medieval craft without pretending to be what they are not.

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