Stained Glass of Percy Bacon

The Corpus of Percy Bacon & Brothers

Bensham, Gateshead, St Chad's

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East Window 1903

St Chad's Church, Bensham, Gateshead: East window by Percy Bacon & Brothers

East Window: 1903. Scenes in the Life of Christ, Saints and Types
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East Window; 1903. Scenes in the life of Christ, Saints and Types.

East Window 1903.

East Window 1903. Tracery - Symbols of the Four Evangelist

East Window 1903. Tracery - The Pelican in its Piety

Posted 08 Aug 2022

The grand east window high above the carved reredos (by James Taylor Ogleby) is a jumble of types and antitypes. Although the work is well executed, with the exception of the central light, there seems little coherence in the layout of the subjects. For instance, at bottom left we see Isaiah prophesying, "Behold and Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son", sits uncomfortably beside a depiction of Adam and Eve, and below the Sacrifice of Isaac. The Subjects are:

Moses	St Paul	Angelic Host	Christ in Majesty	Angelic Host	St John E	?
Abraham & Isaac	John Baptist	Agony in the Garden	Crucifixion	Appearance to Mary Magdalene	Supper at Emmaus	Elijah & Elias
Isaiah	Adam & Eve	Adoration of the Shepherds	Nativity	Adoration of the Magi	Baptism of Christ	Melchizedek & Moses

South Transept 1908

St Chard's Church, Bensham, Gateshead, South Transept window 1908

South Transept 1908: Christ as priest with bishops
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South Transept 1908.

South Transept 1908

South Transept 1908: Tracery: Arms of Bishop Arthur Lloyd as Bishop of Newcastle

South Transept 1908: Tracery

The south window in the south transept was installed in 1908 and is a dedicated to the memory of Bishop Lloyd (1844-1907), of Newcastle¹. Dr Lloyd had held the Bishopric of Thetford before being translated to Newcastle, and the window reflects his connection with East Anglia as well as Northumbria. The central figure is Christ as Priest administering the Eucharist, Below him St Nicholas in whose name the Cathedral at Newcastle is dedicated. Flanking Christ, Ss Paul and Melchizedek to the left and John Evangelist and Aaron to the right. To the left of St Nicholas; St Felix as Bishop of East Anglia, and Sigeberht King of the East Angles, and to his right St Aidan and King Oswald of Northumbria. Bishop Lloyds arms are placed in the centre of the tracery

The window was donated by Miss Emily Easton who also paid for the building of the church and the east and west windows, also by Percy Bacon & Bros.² Miss Easton was also a generous benefactor of St Mary's, Hutton Magna, Co. Durham.

West window tracery detail (see page 1)

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Dedication ceremony reported in Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Tuesday 07 January 1908, p7.
Notice of death of Emily Easton, Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Friday 26 December 1913, p4.

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A Church Near You: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13661/
Church of England Faculty Online; https://facultyonline.churchofengland.org/church-heritage-record-bensham-st-chad-613063
History of St Chad's: https://stchadsbensham.wordpress.com/about/

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