Moreton Church ~ Flower Festival

St Nicholas Church, Moreton, Dorset ~ Two PiP's.....One showing the church, which I have posted before but promised to take a picture of the controversial window when I visited again. It depicts Judas, the betrayer of Christ, the disciple who the gospels relate hanged himself in shame after throwing away the 30 pieces of silver he was paid for his treachery.

It is the creation of the glass artist Laurence Whistler, and it was finally installed 14 years after Whistler's death and almost 30 years after the parishioners, appalled at the subject and the strangeness of the image, rejected his valuable gift.

The window cannot be viewed from inside the church. The dark window is more startling because the interior of the church is flooded with light. All the clear glass windows are the spectacular work of Whistler, depicting butterflies, birds, rabbits, wild flowers, candles, stars and planets and local scenes.