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Around the country our native bluebell woods are giving a spectacular show right now, so I thought this section of Lady Violet’s memorial window would be very appropriate for the season. Image of the Week #85
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Up in the belfry there is a signature of possibly one of the original church builders. We spent the afternoon re-pointing the walls up there. It is so exposed that the mortar inside the walls gets washed away. There is evidence of a lot of previous re-pointing work up there. Image of the Week #82
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Booklet featuring Christ Church
Welshpool Rotary Club have published a booklet ‘Welshpool Personalities – Issue 10’ which features an article on ‘Why did Christ Church close’, written by Roger L. Brown. We were invited to write and appendix on how we see the future of Christ Church. It is available from Welshpool Tourist Information Centre, priced £1, with all profits going to Water Aid.
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Detail of stained glass window in south aisle. Possibly installed in the 1920s. Image of the Week #75
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And now inside the roof…
Once the euphoria of the completion of the roofing works on the south aisle roof waned, it was time to motivate ourselves to get it insulated (to comply with building regulations) and actually get it finished from the inside. Over the years lime sarking had built up on the lath and plaster ceiling. Before insulating the roof, we decided it…
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There’s an isolated cluster of snowdrops, which would seem to have been purposefully planted on this 100 year old grave. What a lovely memorial. Image of the Week #71
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What a damp blustery week! The colour in the stained glass windows are even more vivid on these grey days. The foliage outside adding the the glass landscape. Image of the week #68
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Remembrance Sunday
In honour of Remembrance Sunday, I photographed this gravestone which is adjacent to the south side of the church, along side the path. It is part of the Morris family tomb and this was the inscription which caught my eye… ‘In memory of Lieut Charles Herbert Morris, 13th RWF attached to 59th RAF. Born Feb 4th 1892. Missing in France…
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There is something so beautiful about weathered Victorian gravestones. Image of the Week #56
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The end of the Cedar
There was a lot of activity in the churchyard last week, as a large Cedar tree was cut down. Unfortunately this distinctive tree had died of a fungal disease and had begun to drop some very big branches, which we could hear drop from inside the church! The churchyard is maintained by St Mary’s Parish Council, so they instructed a…
