Stiffleaf's photos

wife of thomas offley, died 1578. tomb by gerard johnson. she looks tough, as do most of the wives here.

arms of thomas offley , died 1582, from his tomb by gerard johnson

skull from tomb of thomas offley, +1582, by gerard johnson

tomb of thomas offley 1582 by gerard johnson. the reredos looks like that of 1830

skulls on memorial of john jeffreys 1788

memorial of john jeffreys 1688, using archaic etruscan based glyphs for numerals, attrib.to thomas cartwright snr.

east window of c.1876 by heaton butler and bayne

east window of c.1876 by heaton butler and bayne

interior of church of 1520-32. the entire church is treated in a somewhat cavalier fashion at present, the altar area full of tins of beans propped up against the tijou ironwork, the north aisle a kitchen which uses monuments as stores of breakfast cereal,and the font area being used as a furniture store; one could wish that they had used a less special city church for its present purpose and kept this one open. not easy to access either, though I'm sure that the office at st.helens does its best. the nave roof retains its c16 bosses, the arcade spandrels have scenes of christ's life by robert brown from 1725-6, his apostles between the windows have gone.

skull on memorial of peter vansittart 1705 attrib.to thomas cartwright snr.

skulls and cherubs on memorial of peter vansittart 1705, attrib. to thomas cartwright jun.

memorial of peter vansittart 1705

1723-5 arcade spandrel paintings by robert brown, risen christ and magdalen

1723-5 arcade spandrel paintings by robert brown, gethsemane

1723-5 arcade spandrel paintings by robert brown, st.luke

1723-5 arcade spandrel paintings by robert brown, healing the blind

glass from tracery of west window, looks like c.1855. the c17 glass that was in this window was destroyed by an I.R.A. bomb, tholgh the most recent pevsner claims that these tracery lights are either from the 1630s or 1690s, both ridiculous dates.

organ 1696 renatus harris