Dom Charles Norris

Charles Norris OSB (1909–2004) was a Benedictine monk and dalle de verre stained glass artist who created works for Roman Catholic churches in the UK.

He supervised a team of monks to rebuild the abbey, including the east window in dalle de verre in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

Pierre Fourmaintraux is said to have brought the dalle de verre technique to Britain[citation needed] before joining James Powell and Sons (later Whitefriars Glass Studio) in 1956.

[11][12] "It was this English monk, Dom Charles Norris, who after a training at the Royal College of Art began to create Buckfast's amazing stained glass in 1932.

He, too, was responsible for painting the Lantern Tower in egg tempera in 1939, for the mosaic flooring in the Sanctuary and Crossing in 1943/47 and the pavement in the Choir and Lady Chapel of 1958.

It contains works by a large number of notable artists including (in the Relic Chapel) "four pairs of semi-abstract dalle de verre windows made by Dom Charles Norris from Kossowski's designs".