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Jul 25, 2015 11:53:56   #
GWR100 Loc: England
 
Hi Deb,-- This church is not the most beautiful building externally but the Lalique glass work is extraordinarily beautiful, it really was a great sup prise and surpassed all expectations, Thanks for your feedback, its always appreciated,

Geoff


grandmadeb wrote:
I really love unusual churches and yours is wonderful. I bet you got excited to see such beauty. thanks for sharing. I would love to see in person. deb

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Jul 26, 2015 01:51:50   #
stumpy444 Loc: Faringdon, Oxon, UK.
 
very nice.
Stu.

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Jul 26, 2015 03:26:44   #
GWR100 Loc: England
 
Thanks very much Stu, its good to hear from you,

Geoff

stumpy444 wrote:
very nice.
Stu.

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Jul 26, 2015 23:50:58   #
Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area
 
Beautiful shots of a remarkable church with Lalique sculptures. It must be an extraordinarily beautiful church.

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Jul 27, 2015 02:04:23   #
GWR100 Loc: England
 
Cheers S1, --the church its self is very minimalistic as it was built purely to elevate a long uphill walk for the coastal folk to the main church up the hill, so very basic a functional, and would no doubt have stayed that way and possibly been destroyed by now had it not been for the incredible refurbishment works by Laligue, which has transformed the interior into a Art Deco masterpiece, and although its now priceless its main purpose is still to function as a church to the community.
Thanks a lot for have in a peep, Its always good to her from you.

Geoff



Sirius_one wrote:
Beautiful shots of a remarkable church with Lalique sculptures. It must be an extraordinarily beautiful church.

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Jul 27, 2015 11:43:45   #
Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area
 
GWR100 wrote:
Cheers S1, --the church its self is very minimalistic as it was built purely to elevate a long uphill walk for the coastal folk to the main church up the hill, so very basic a functional, and would no doubt have stayed that way and possibly been destroyed by now had it not been for the incredible refurbishment works by Laligue, which has transformed the interior into a Art Deco masterpiece, and although its now priceless its main purpose is still to function as a church to the community.
Thanks a lot for have in a peep, Its always good to her from you.

Geoff
Cheers S1, --the church its self is very minimalis... (show quote)


Thank you. :thumbup:

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Jul 27, 2015 17:06:33   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
GWR100 wrote:
We are on the Channel Island of Jersey for a couple of weeks and not to far from our house is the church of St Matthew. It dates back to 1840 when it was built as a 'chapel of ease' so that the inhabitants of the Millbrook district would no longer have to travel up the hill to the ancient parish church of St Lawrence.

THE GLASS CHURCH
Lady Florence Trent (the wife of Jesse Boot of the Boots stores chain) commissioned Rene Lalique to refurbish the church in 1934 and his Art Deco Masterpiece is the most beautiful glass creations I have seen, and sadly its almost impossible to capture the full beauty of his work in pictures.
I would urge anyone visiting these beautiful island to visit St Matthew's.

1- The Church of St Matthews
2- The main Alter
3- The Alter in the Lady Chapel,
We are on the Channel Island of Jersey for a coupl... (show quote)


beautiful work geoff, and interesting narative to boot!

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Jul 28, 2015 04:12:14   #
GWR100 Loc: England
 
Thanks very much mt, --It is an interesting place and one that I will return to whenever Im over here on the Island, its really quite unique,---thanks again, its always good to hear from you,

Geoff

merrytexan wrote:
beautiful work geoff, and interesting narative to boot!

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Aug 1, 2015 09:18:03   #
Rob48 Loc: Portland, ME
 
GWR100 wrote:
We are on the Channel Island of Jersey for a couple of weeks and not to far from our house is the church of St Matthew. It dates back to 1840 when it was built as a 'chapel of ease' so that the inhabitants of the Millbrook district would no longer have to travel up the hill to the ancient parish church of St Lawrence.

THE GLASS CHURCH
Lady Florence Trent (the wife of Jesse Boot of the Boots stores chain) commissioned Rene Lalique to refurbish the church in 1934 and his Art Deco Masterpiece is the most beautiful glass creations I have seen, and sadly its almost impossible to capture the full beauty of his work in pictures.
I would urge anyone visiting these beautiful island to visit St Matthew's.

1- The Church of St Matthews
2- The main Alter
3- The Alter in the Lady Chapel,
We are on the Channel Island of Jersey for a coupl... (show quote)


I think you did a fine job capturing this exquisite craftsmanship.

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Aug 1, 2015 09:38:03   #
GWR100 Loc: England
 
Cheers Rob, and thanks for taking a peep,-- I only wish I could capture a 1/4 of its beauty, its such amazing glass and only with the naked eye can it be fully appreciated,

Geoff




Rob48 wrote:
I think you did a fine job capturing this exquisite craftsmanship.

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Aug 1, 2015 09:59:50   #
davids999 Loc: Edinburgh, UK
 
GWR100 wrote:
We are on the Channel Island of Jersey for a couple of weeks and not to far from our house is the church of St Matthew. It dates back to 1840 when it was built as a 'chapel of ease' so that the inhabitants of the Millbrook district would no longer have to travel up the hill to the ancient parish church of St Lawrence.

THE GLASS CHURCH
Lady Florence Trent (the wife of Jesse Boot of the Boots stores chain) commissioned Rene Lalique to refurbish the church in 1934 and his Art Deco Masterpiece is the most beautiful glass creations I have seen, and sadly its almost impossible to capture the full beauty of his work in pictures.
I would urge anyone visiting these beautiful island to visit St Matthew's.

1- The Church of St Matthews
2- The main Alter
3- The Alter in the Lady Chapel,
We are on the Channel Island of Jersey for a coupl... (show quote)


Beautiful shots Geoff!!! Can you imagine what the Antiques Road Show experts would quote you if you turned up with these? :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Aug 1, 2015 10:19:31   #
GWR100 Loc: England
 
Thanks very much David--That's a thought, they are such large and unique works, I imaging they must be priceless? as far as I know there is certainly nothing else like anywhere, so how would one value it?

Geoff



davids999 wrote:
Beautiful shots Geoff!!! Can you imagine what the Antiques Road Show experts would quote you if you turned up with these? :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Aug 1, 2015 10:26:33   #
davids999 Loc: Edinburgh, UK
 
GWR100 wrote:
Thanks very much David--That's a thought, they are such large and unique works, I imaging they must be priceless? as far as I know there is certainly nothing else like anywhere, so how would one value it?

Geoff

I would go with priceless as they obviously cannot be replaced. That's something else I need to add to the bucket list of things to see! Thanks for sharing.

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Aug 1, 2015 10:37:43   #
GWR100 Loc: England
 
This is the third year we've been over, and only this time did we find out about it by chatting to a bloke fishing on the other side of the island, if it hadn't been for him we almost certainly wouldn't have know about the place, the islanders don't seem to push it as a visitor attraction.





davids999 wrote:
I would go with priceless as they obviously cannot be replaced. That's something else I need to add to the bucket list of things to see! Thanks for sharing.

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