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It is believed that in the middle ages the whole of the area within the great Norman arch was filled with a gothic window dating from the fourteenth century.
In the seventeenth century all the glass and tracery of this window was blown out in a storm and the opening was temporarily walled up. In 1686, however, it was decided to reconstruct the gothic window.
Presumably, mindful of the fact that the previous window had blown out it was decided to reinforce the tracery of the new window by inserting flat bars of iron along the tops of each of the three (horizontal) transoms. Unfortunately, when the iron rusted and expanded it damaged the stone into which it was fixed.
Some supplementary internal reinforcement was put in place in the 1950s in the form of a phosphor bronze frame, but it did not address the underlying problem.
The 1686 glass as almost certainly clear but he present glazing is by Hardman of Birmingham and was installed in 1886 and was in need of re-leading as the old lead was breaking down.
It proved impossible to repair the window in situ as the window was incapable of supporting itself so total removal was necessary and the window was completely dismantled and
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- Place of Worship