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Lost Work
Posted 22 November 2022: Latest update: 03 June 2023.
By its very nature stained glass is fragile. Inevitably over time, in the case of lost windows (and in the majority of cases) they succumb to more spectacular insults than merely their fragility, or degradation from neglect. Many extant windows in England made in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries attest to their longevity if well cared for. This of course extends to other works, not just stained glass, such as reredos, furnishing and church decoration, all of which were manufactured by Percy Bacon Brothers. The reasons for loss are manifold, but most of the firm's lost works listed here are as a result of the closure of a church and its demolition, or due to enemy bombing during the two world wars. A few succumbed to fire. It is estimated that between 1960 and 1982 over 1,000 Anglican churches were declared redundant, and large quantities of stained glass were ripped out, many being lost forever.1
The following is a list of windows created by Percy Bacon Brothers which are known to have been lost, or, in some cases, relocated. The list is in alphabetical order by town name, or in the case of London, the name of the borough. Where a window has been included in the main menus and gazetteer, links are provided. The list is not comprehensive and will be updated as other lost works come to light.
Note: U/K=Unknown.
Town/City/Borough
Dedication
Location
Date
Window Subjects, Notes & Links
Images & Links
Barnes, London
St Mary
East
1893
3-light window: BVM, Crucifixion, St John;
Link to church article.
The church website has a number of scrapbooks online documenting the destruction of the church in 1978.
The church website has a number of scrapbooks online documenting the destruction of the church in 1978.
(The Builder Vol 65 14 Oct 1893, p288): Church largely destroyed by fire 8th June 1978. The rebuilt church reopened 26 February 1984.
St John
East
1898
5-light window: Ascension
Church demolished in the 1960s
Chancel
1898
Two 3-light windows: Crucifixion & Resurrection
U/K
1898
"Twelve windows" representing the Law and the Prophets.
Bognor Regis,
West Sussex
West Sussex
U/K
Var
Christ distributing the gifts of mercy.
Church built in 1880 by Blomfield. Demolished in 1972/3. See Sussex Parish Churches
website for more information. Images on Bognor Museum Facebook Page.St George
East
1904
Crucifixion, Baptism, St John, BVM, Supper at Emmaus.
Church declared structurally unsafe in 1976 and demolished.
Budleigh Salterton, Devon
St Paul
Various
Var
Many stained glass windows executed over a number of years for George Fellowes-Prynne's new church.
East window 1910.
Most destroyed by enemy bombing in April 1942. Three windows on the south of the chancel survived but were badly damaged, and later restored by Wippel & Co. More details in the main entry for Budleigh Salterton.
Camden, London
N/A
1899
Church Decoration.
Image © The Trustees of the British Library
Sanctuary floor laid with wooden blocks, walls panelled, baldachino with painted angels above. Wrought iron rails to the outside.
See architectural
designs for St James's Chapel, Hampstead Road, London, with sexton's house and vicarage at the RIBA archive.
Coddenham, Suffolk
St Mary
Chancel
1899
Reredos carved in oak with high relief.
The Builder 1899-01-14: Vol 76, p50. The subjects represented were — on the left the three Maries at the tomb, and on the right the descent of our Blessed Lord from the Cross. Iron cranes with curtains hanging therefrom are fixed on either side.
Now removed - fate unknown.
Coggeshall, Essex
St Peter ad Vincula
Organ
1895
Organ pipe decoration to designs by Ernest Geldart. Removed after bomb damage in 1940.
Chelmsford Chronicle - 27 Dec 1895, p6.
Chelmsford Chronicle - 27 Dec 1895, p6.
St Saviour
STr
1904
Stained glass window for George Fellowes-Prynne. "The Annunciation", “The Visitation", "The Nativity", and "The Adoration of the Angels, Shepherds, and Magi".
St Saviour
Chancel
1925
Reredos Mosaic work.
Exeter, Devon
NAW
1904
Jonathan, David & Samson.
The window installed above the west door on the north side was part of a memorial to R. D. Blackmore, author of "Lorna Doone". Beneath the window a marble tablet was installed (and is still extant) with a portrait of the novelist in high relief by Harry Hems and Sons of Exeter. The window was destroyed by enemy bombing in World War II.
The window was replaced during the repairs to the cathedral (completed 1952) by Powells to a design by A. F. Erridge. The new window depicts the same characters as the original. Main Entry.
Exeter, Devon
U/K
1895
Devon Saints: Ss Sidwell, Boniface, Hieretha.
The church was razed to the ground by german bombing in WWII but some of the glass was recovered and stored in St Matthew's Exeter for safe keeping, only to be found again in 2016.
Article in Church Times.
Article in Church Times.
St John Ev
East
1903
E: Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension.
Str: Ss James and Peter
Str: Ss James and Peter
Brunswick Square, Herne Bay. Church consecrated in 1899. Window of five lights (1903) depicting the Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension, surmounted by a round light representing Christ in Glory. A second two-light window depicting St James and St Peter was installed in 1905. Church demolished in 1974. Site now occupied by housing.
Islington, London
St Paul
N/A
1898
Pear Tree Lane, Goswell Road, Clerkenwell
Church decoration.
The Builder 24 Sep 1898: Vol 75 Iss 2903, p276:
"This church, built by the late Mr. Ewan Christian, is now undergoing thorough internal cleaning, and decoration in gold and colour, with a large painting in the east end of the church representing “ The Lord's Supper.” In fact the whole building will be painted from top to bottom. The work is being carried out by Messrs. Percy Bacon & Bros., of Newman-street, W., under the direction of the architect, Mr. Romaine Walker".
Church damaged during WWII and demolished in 1953.
"This church, built by the late Mr. Ewan Christian, is now undergoing thorough internal cleaning, and decoration in gold and colour, with a large painting in the east end of the church representing “ The Lord's Supper.” In fact the whole building will be painted from top to bottom. The work is being carried out by Messrs. Percy Bacon & Bros., of Newman-street, W., under the direction of the architect, Mr. Romaine Walker".
Church damaged during WWII and demolished in 1953.
Liverpool, Sefton Park
Presbyterian
U/K
1909
The church stood on the junction of Croxteth Road/Brompton Avenue.
Church was demolished in 1980.
The window consisted of three lights, the upper portions with a representation of Jesus blessing children. Underneath three subjects: In the centre; Baptism of Our Lord, and running through the outer lights, In the House of Simon the Leper.
Cathedral
Bap
1893
Lost due to bombing during World War II (December 1940).
Installed along with the above window.
Newburn
Tyne & Wear
Tyne & Wear
St Michael & All Angels
Gen
1897
Decorative Works: Reredos, wall paintings.
Chancel wall paintings were whitewashed in the 1950s, and the paintings over the chancel arch destroyed in a fire in 2006. The latter have been replicated with a new scheme.
Manchester, Cheetham
St Saviour
U/K
1897
Five windows depicting the four evangelists and Christ the King (The Builder Vol 73 21 Aug 1897, p156).
Mission church to Manchester Cathedral Parish. Demolished.
Manchester
Crumpsall,
Crumpsall,
St Mary
NA
1893-
1897
1897
Wall decoration in chancel (1893).
At least three two-light windows in the north aisle installed 1893-1897.
Church demolished in 1977.
At least three two-light windows in the north aisle installed 1893-1897.
Church demolished in 1977.
Middlesbrough
St Paul
U/K
1898
Five lights depicting northern saints.
Window in memory of Mr Bertram who was for many years a Sunday School Teacher.
The building was demolished in the 1960s. The site is now occupied by a supermarket.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Thursday 15 September 1898.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Thursday 15 September 1898.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Shieldfield
Shieldfield
St Cuthbert
U/K
1906
Stained glass window depicting the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary.
Watercolour design in Northumberland Records Office Ref No. DN/E/8/2/2/289.
St Cuthbert's Church lay on the south side of Melbourne Street between Jubilee Road and Tower Street. The site is now student flats.
St Cuthbert's Church lay on the south side of Melbourne Street between Jubilee Road and Tower Street. The site is now student flats.
Perry Hill, Catford, London
St George
SC1
1896
St. Augustine of Canterbury. St. Columba, and St. Patrick.
St George's, c1920
The old church was demolished during 1999 due to severe structural problems. A new church was built on the same site.
One of the windows depicting Ss. Augustine of Canterbury, Columba, and Patrick
was rescued by an architectural salvage company.
Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 17 January 1899.
Article on Gazettelive website.
Belfast News-Letter - Tuesday 17 January 1899.
Article on Gazettelive
website.
Perry Hill, Catford, London
St George
NC1
1896
SS. Ignatius and Cyprian, two early martyrs, and St. Leo.
St George's, c1920
The old church was demolished during 1999 due to severe structural problems. A new church was built on the same site.
One of the windows depicting Ss. Ignatius and St. Cyprian, two early martyrs, and of St. Leo.
Kentish Mercury - Friday 03 January 1896 p5
Kentish Mercury - Friday 03 January 1896 p5
Perry Hill, Catford, London
St George
UK
1899
Archbishop Benson, of Canterbury; Bishop Patteson, the martyr Bishop of Melanesia; and Archbishop Alexander, Primate of All Ireland;
St George's, c1920
"The faces have been painted from photographts, and are striking likenesses of the great prelates, wto are vested in full canonicals, the arms of the respective sees appearing in the trefoils".
Belfast News-Letter - Tue. 17 Jan 1899, p7.
Belfast News-Letter - Tue. 17 Jan 1899, p7.
Plaistow (Upton Cross)
London.
London.
St Peter
U/K
1893
St Peter Upton Park stood on the eastern side of Upton Lane in West Ham, midway between the junctions of Lancaster and Boleyn roads and with St Antony of Padua behind it (see links). It began as the nearby Pelly Road Mission, at the south-east corner with Crescent Road. An iron church was licensed in 1877. Construction of St Peter's began in 1893, in red and yellow brick in the Early English style, but demolition followed between 1973 and 2010.
Plymouth, Devon
Apse
1894
The church survived the war but was eventually demolished in 1985.
Patron Saints of Guilds of the Parish.
See article in The Builder Vol 66 1894 21 Apr, p296.
See article in The Builder Vol 66 1894 21 Apr, p296.
Reading, Berkshire.
East
1925
5-light E window.
4-light baptistery window (West).
Church demolished in 1976.
4-light baptistery window (West).
Church demolished in 1976.
St Stephen's Church early 1900s.
Sheffield, S. Yorkshire
Sharrow
Sharrow
St Andrew
Chancel
1895
Reredos Paintings
See article in The Builder Vol 68 4 May 1895, p339.
The church was built in 1869 but had almost no foundations. By 1996 the church was unsafe to use and was demolished in 2000.
See article in The Builder Vol 68 4 May 1895, p339.
The church was built in 1869 but had almost no foundations. By 1996 the church was unsafe to use and was demolished in 2000.
Photographs of the church being demolished in 2000.
Sunderland,
Tyne & Wear
Tyne & Wear
Venerable Bede
East
1900
Baptism, Crucifixion, Resurrection & Ascension.
Church demolished in 1961.
The church stood on Monk Street.
The church stood on Monk Street.
Woolwich Garrison London
St George
Various
1895
Many windows esp. in the east apse. A scheme to replace windows destroyed in 1918 by enemy bombing. Church destroyed in 1942 by German V1 flying bomb.
Woolwich Garrison Church
circa 1910.
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- Vidimus, Issue 50: Feauture: The Best of Company: The London Stained Glass Repository.