Organ front and choir stalls

Architect: Charles Harrison Townsend (1851-1928)

Designer: William Reynolds-Stephens (1862-1943)

c. 1905

"Organ front in various metals designed and executed by W. Reynolds-Stephens. choir stalls by C. Harrison Townsend" (14).

St. Mary the Virgin

Great Warley, Essex

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"Very characteristic, too, is his treatment of the organ-case in hammered steel with low-relief copper panels of subjects from the Benedicite; and the bronze altar rails resting upon wreaths of flowering briars, typifying the crown of thorns, are extremely well conceived" (Baldry, 15).

References

Baldry, A. L. “A Notable Decorative Achievement by W. Reynolds-Stephens ”. The Studio 34 (1905): 100-107. Internet Archive. Web. 29 January 2012.

Last modified 7 November 2007