St. Nikolaus ist eine anglikanische Pfarrkirche in Moreton, Dorset, England, für dreizehn Windows bekannt, die Dichter und Künstler Sir Laurence Whistler eingraviert
6500 x 4338 px | 55 x 36,7 cm | 21,7 x 14,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
6. Januar 2018
Ort:
Moreton, Dorchester, UK
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St Nicholas is a Church of England parish church at Moreton, Dorset, England, known for its thirteen windows, engraved by the poet and artist Sir Laurence Whistler. The church's dedication was changed in 1490, to St Nicholas having previously been dedicated to St Magnus Martyr. In 1940, the church had suffered a direct hit from a German bomb, and was largely destroyed. It was rebuilt over the following decade, but the replacement stained glass windows were not liked by the congregation. Laurence Whistler was commissioned to provide engraved glass replacements, and after making twelve, offered to make and donate the thirteenth with a design on the theme of Forgiveness featuring Judas. The offer was declined, but he made the window anyway. After being displayed in a local museum, it was eventually installed - on the outside of the church (as the artist intended) - in 2014. The church had been rebuilt in the 18th century, reusing its medieval foundations financed by the Frampton family, who lived in the nearby manor house. The adventurer T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), who died in 1935, is buried in the separate churchyard. He was a cousin of the Frampton family and had been a frequent visitor to their home, Okers Wood House. Lawrence's mother arranged with the Framptons to have him buried in their family plot in the separate burial ground of St Nicholas' Church. Mourners included Winston and Clementine Churchill, E. M. Forster, and Lawrence's youngest brother Arnold.
