[90982] St James, Piccadilly : East Window

            St James, Piccadilly, London.
East Window, 1954.
By Christopher Webb (1886-1966). 
Detail - upper lights.

Christopher Rahere Webb (1886-1966) was a major stained glass artist active from the 1920s into the early 60s. In his small Orchard House Studio in St Albans, with only one or two assistants, he created hundreds of stained glass windows, many replacing ones destroyed by enemy action in the Second World War.

 His uncle was the architect Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930) and his older brother, Geoffrey, was also an accomplished stained glass artist.

He was given the second name Rahere in honour of the Augustinian Canon who founded the Priory and Hospital of St Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield. Derelict by the end of the 19th century, the restoration work of the buildings was entrusted to Sir Aston Webb, assisted by his brother Edward who was Churchwarden there and whose passion was architecture. The name 'Rahere' was appropriate for the son of the latter born at this time. 

Church of St James, Piccadilly, London, 1684.
By Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723).
Severely damaged by enemy action in 1940. 
Restored (1947-54) by Sir Albert Richardson (1880-1964).
Grade l listed.
   

Taken on: August 14, 2010

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