Stained Glass of Percy Bacon

South Aisle 1: Parable of the Good Samaritan.

South Aisle 1: Parable of the Good Samaritan.

South Aisle 1: Parable of the Good Samaritan.

South Aisle 1: Parable of the Good Samaritan.

South Aisle 1: Parable of the Good Samaritan.

South Aisle 1: St Martin of Tours.

South Aisle 1: St Silvia teaching her son who would go on to be Pope Gregory the Great.

South Aisle 1: Identified by the church guide as St Margaret of Scotland, though this attribution seems a little flimsy. .

South Aisle 1: St Hubert with the stag.

South Aisle 1: Good Samaritan, and saints.

Posted 11 September 2023.

Of all the subject matter tackled by the Bacon Studios, the windows depicting the Parable of the Good Samaritan are quite diverse, reflecting a different approach (and perhaps a different painter's hand) for each window. The story in this window in Holy Trinity is spread over the four lights, and is by the Bacon Studio standards rather simple, particularly in the rendering of the architectonic devices above each scene. The small tracery lights are filled with cherubim and simple flower motifs. In the predella scenes from four saints' lives are illustrated. The church stained glass guide identifies these as (left-right) St Martin of Tours, St Silvia, St Margaret of Scotland and St Hubert.¹

The window is dedicated to Arthur Kelly Ansell, a churchwarden at Holy Trinity, and local councillor (d. 28th December 1927).

The window is signed, "PERCY BACON, LONDON".

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North Transept, North. Mother and Child, The Good Shepherd.

North Transept, North: Mother and Child &
The Good Shepherd.

Posted 11 September 2023.

A small two light window without tracery, in a somewhat retiring position in the north transept which is used as a sort of vestry. The window depicts the standing figures of the Mother and Child, and the Good Shepherd.

The window is is dedicated:

The window is unsigned.

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1. Spiller, P. The Stained Glass Windows of Holy Trinity.