Object Description
A decorative reclaimed English stained glass window panel removed from Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Wordsley, Stourbridge (built 1831) and reputed to have been held in storage since. Thought to have once formed part of a larger window, this panel appears to depict a view of the sky behind an ornate canopy of vibrant gold leaves. It is one of two very similar panels we are selling.
Provenance: Holy Trinity Church, Wordsley
From the late 18th century into the 19th century, Wordsley was at the centre of English glass production. This growth in industrialisation made the parish church at Kingswinford, St Mary’s Chapel, too small for purpose. As such, the parish agreed to build a new church on land donated by the Earl of Dudley in 1826 and make St Mary’s a chapel of ease. Designed by architect Lewis Vulliamy (1791-1870), Holy Trinity was completed in 1831 and is just one of many gothic churches he designed in the 1830s. Today, the church is still in use and is a grade II listed building.