Apostles Stained glass by John Hardman Studios of Birmingham (later than the glass in the main church, closer to c1930) salvaged from the previous church and worked into a new richly coloured abstract setting by the same studio when the church was replaced by a modern building in the 1960s. St Catherine's Roman Catholic church was opened in 1965, having been designed by Harrison & Cox to replace a nearby Victorian structure that was sacrificed to make way for the city's inner ring road in 1961. The church is a major landmark overlooking the A38 leading into the heart of the city, but one I'd never been able to get into until attending a Sunday mass. The internal space is impressive, and somewhat difficult to photograph. It is very much a post Vatican II church, the altar is centrally placed, but not quite in the round as the area behind is divided off to form a separate Lady chapel. The most striking feature for me however was the glass, much of it is salvaged from the previous church and typical Hardman's c1890s, but it has been adapted in a rather unique way with the figurative subjects isolated upon brightly coloured and clearly modern backgrounds to fill the spaces of much larger windows. The effect is far more successful than it might sound and the colour from the rich background glass (also by Hardman's!) really enlivens the interior. www.stcatherinesbirmingham.org/ / VFL.Ru — надёжный и быстрый фотохостинг с 2009 года

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Название: Apostles Stained glass by John Hardman Studios of Birmingham (later than the glass in the main church, closer to c1930) salvaged from the previous church and worked into a new richly coloured abstract setting by the same studio when the church was replaced by a modern building in the 1960s. St Catherine's Roman Catholic church was opened in 1965, having been designed by Harrison & Cox to replace a nearby Victorian structure that was sacrificed to make way for the city's inner ring road in 1961. The church is a major landmark overlooking the A38 leading into the heart of the city, but one I'd never been able to get into until attending a Sunday mass. The internal space is impressive, and somewhat difficult to photograph. It is very much a post Vatican II church, the altar is centrally placed, but not quite in the round as the area behind is divided off to form a separate Lady chapel. The most striking feature for me however was the glass, much of it is salvaged from the previous church and typical Hardman's c1890s, but it has been adapted in a rather unique way with the figurative subjects isolated upon brightly coloured and clearly modern backgrounds to fill the spaces of much larger windows. The effect is far more successful than it might sound and the colour from the rich background glass (also by Hardman's!) really enlivens the interior. www.stcatherinesbirmingham.org/
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