St. Anne's Chapel
St. Anne's Chapel Stained Glass
St Anne's Chapel has three South facing medieval windows depicting a chronological sequence of events from the Old Testament. At the East end is a window which commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, executed by the well known Victorian glass studio of Charles Kempe. The crucifixion of Christ is depicted and either side are figures of Mary and St Michael, the patron saints of the Priory.
At the Friends' AGM in June 2021, Katherine Little gave an illustrated talk on the Medieval stained glass in St. Anne's Chapel and explained about the urgent need to protect and restore it. We invite you to watch her talk on the 12-minute video below and hear more about the history and beauty of the glass together with what can to done to preserve it for future generations.
The Friends agreed to support this project and thanks to many generous donors, some of whom wish to remain anonymous, together with grants from the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painter of Glass and the Headley Trust, the cost of the work has been covered. Now that a faculty has been granted, work started in November 2022 and will be completed by the end of April 2023.
Nancy Georgi from York Glaziers Trust on the scaffold.
The panels are taken out carefully one by one
Close up showing the corrosion and algae growth
The York Glaziers Team
The Stonework
Since early March 2023, a team of master stonemasons from Sally Strachey Historic Conservation have worked tirelessly repairing and stabilising stone and mortar in readiness for the Creation Window's return to Malvern Priory at the end of April.
Download the PDF "Creation Window Stonework Repairs"