St Andrew's Church, Roker, Sunderland: detail of ceiling painting by Macdonald Gill in the Lady Chapel
Architect/Designer | Prior, Edward Schroeder (1852-1932) |
| Wells, A. Randall (1877-1942) |
| Gill, L. MacDonald (1884-1947) |
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Artist/Photographer | Charles, Martin (1940-2012) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Roker |
Subject Date | 1907 |
Image Date | 1995 |
View | Interior |
Style | Arts & Crafts |
Medium | Transparency |
Library Reference | MC Q 240195 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Martin Charles / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Murals ; Churches ; Ceilings |
NOTES: The church was designed by E. S. Prior and A. Randall Wells, who had been Lethaby's Clerk of Works at Brockhampton (1904). Many of the fixtures and fittings are by Ernest Gimson, notably the oak panelled chancel and the oak choir stalls. The ceiling of the chancel wasn't painted until 1927, by Macdonald Gill, restored 1967 by Maurice Partland, the design of its theme is the Creation. See RIBA150026 for a black and white version of this image.
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