Objects Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1969.6.2.1 |
Object Name |
Window, Leaded |
Title |
Church Window, St. George's Church, 1832-1851 |
Year Range from |
1832 |
Year Range to |
1851 |
Description |
Leaded window from the first and/or second St. George's Church, St. George's Square, 1832-1851. Surrounding the window is a wooden frame painted grey. The glass is an opaque grey and purple.The glass pattern consists of diamond shaped pieces with a border of thin pieces that have a floral design. Was a part of the second St. George's Church located at the current St. George's Square. The first St. George's Church opened in 1832 and a second one was built in the same place in 1851. Four windows from the 1832 church transferred to the 1851 church. It is thereby possible that this window was in the first St. George's Church from 1832. St. George's constructed a third church in 1873. |
Notes |
Historic Context: St. George's Square In 1827, John Galt designated the rising ground in the centre of the Square as a site for the Church of England. The first St. George's Church was built from frame and stucco in 1833-34. A new stone church on the same site was only partially completed in 1850. Following protracted negotiations between the Church, the Town Council, and Wyndham Street merchants, this building was demolished in 1872 (and the present St. George's Church erected on Woolwich Street), eliminating the detour around the church and permitting traffic through the central axis. The Square had few amenities until 1884 when John Belmer Armstrong (1838-1892), a local manufacturer, donated the Blacksmith fountain for a centrepiece. Since then, the Square has been redesigned several times and the fountain moved to Priory Square. Another reconstruction began in 1981 to make St. George's Square a "people's place" for civic activities. Updated 2024. |
Search Terms |
St. George's Church |
Subjects |
ARCHITECTURE - CHURCHES |
Dimensions |
W-6.496 L-39.37 inches |
Collection |
Artifacts |