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Exmouth, Holy Trinity: Lady Chapel

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Holy Trinity Exmouth, circa 1909 following the completion of the Fellowes-Prynne scheme.

Holy Trinity Exmouth, circa 1909. From a postcard in the
author's collection

Exmouth Holy Trinity, Lady Chapel Plan

Rolle Chapel plan. Window 7 is effectively an internal window opening to the chancel and is filled with plain coloured quarries.

Posted 15 December 2022.

The remodelling of the church between 1905 and 1907 is said to have cost £15,000, an enormous sum, which accounting for inflation would amount to over £2 million at a 2022 valuation.¹

The whole scheme for the church glazing, of which the Lady (or Rolle) Chapel formed a small part was arrived at in discussion with George Fellowes-Prynne,² the chapel being built onto the east of the north transept as part of the 1907 renovation. All but one of the six Bacon Studios windows were installed as part of this original scheme. The windows, each of two-lights are set high in the polygonal wall at the east side of the chapel., and represent the "Incarnation of our Lord", a favourite Bacon subject. Using the plan (right) as reference, the windows' subjects are as follows:

1.	Annunciation to the Virgin (Rolle memorial plaque below)³
2.	The Visitation of Mary to St Elizabeth
3.	Adoration of the Magi
4.	Nativity
5.	Adoration of the Shepherds
6.	Presentation in the Temple: BVM and Simeon
7.	Internal window opening onto the chancel - plain quarries

Window 6, dedicated to Miss Cecil Douglas, was installed in 1924, and completed the original scheme,⁴ Windows marked 3, 4 & 5 present a unified theme of the nativity and adoration of the magi and shepherds. These three are dedicated to Charles and Mary-Anne Batemen, the inscription running cross all three lights.

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Rolle Chapel. Annunciation 1907.

Rolle Chapel. Visitation of the Virgin Mary 1907.

Rolle Chapel. Adoration of the Magi. 1907.

Rolle Chapel. Nativity 1907.

Rolle Chapel. Adoration of the Shepherds. 1907.

Rolle Chapel. Presentation in the temple. 1924.

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According to CPI inflation calculator.
Exmouth Journal - Saturday 09 April 1910, p9.
The Builder, 2nd November 1907, p474 reported the installation of this window.
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Friday 12 September 1924. Western Times, 12 September 1924, p8.

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