Cornish stained glass

Location

GPS coordinates: (50.107512, -5.551694)

Notes on the church

1. Foundation stone to be laid on 26^th April 1864 announced in Royal Cornwall Gazette April 15, 1864 p 5
2. Foundation laid on 26^th April 1864 Royal Cornwall Gazette April 29, 1864 p 8.
3. Opened on 20^th February 1866 Cornish Telegraph February 21, 1866 p 2, Royal Cornwall Gazette February 22, 1866 p 4. Architect was Mr James Perrow of Penzance.
4. Consecrated 21^st May 1866 Royal Cornwall Gazette May 24, 1866 p 5.
5. Proposed to insert window in memory of Revd J Keble Royal Cornwall Gazette May 31, 1866 p 8.
6. Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1873 p 824: There is a stained window in the chancel.
7. Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1883 p 966. Mentions window in chancel in memory of Revd James Jenkins Keigwin and his wife Anne, but this also appears in St Newlyn East, to which it refers.
8. Foundation stone of new aisle in memory of Revd Field-Richards, died 1879, (brother of HC Richards) laid 2^nd January 1886, Cornishman January 7, 1886 p 7.
9. Work on new aisle has begun; progress limited by weather. Cornishman January 21, 1886 p 6.
10. New aisle fast approaching completion Cornish Telegraph March 25, 1886 p 5
11. Opening on 6^th June 1886 of new (north) aisle and transept in memory of Revd F Field-Richards Cornishman June 10, 1886 p 5, Royal Cornwall Gazette June 11, 1886 p 7.
12. Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1887 p 155 (2^nd January 1886). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/4, D/E/4/2). Foundations of new aisle and transept laid.
13. Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1887 p 156 (6^th June 1886). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/4, D/E/4/2). Dedication of new aisle and transept.
14. Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1893 p 1210.
15. Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1902 p 229.
16. …the glass generally is the design of the late Mr. G.V. Ostrahan, who with his wife lived at Newlyn; for one or two windows, with the exception of the East window, have been carried out in the studios of St. Dunstan’s-hill in the city, by Messrs. Chator and Son Royal Cornwall Gazette May 11, 1905 p 4. Confused and inaccurate article!
17. Reopened after redecoration. Organ moved from north side to a new gallery over the west entrance. General scheme of alterations by vicar, Revd AG Wyon, and developed by Martin Travers (London architect). Cornishman November 4, 1937 p 3.
18. Restored 1920 - Martin Travers (Brown, H Miles, What to look for in Cornish churches. Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1973)
19. Brooks, Alan; Cormac, Peter. The Lowndes & Drury Archive. The Journal of Stained Glass, Volume XLI, 2017, p 212, London. Glass House invoice to Martin Travers, November 1937, £27. Cut out 2 figures from 2 existing lts, reglaze into background of diamond quarries in sheet glass. Window(s) not given.