William Holland (stained glass maker)

[1] Holland's stained glass reflects the influence of the Cambridge Camden Society and the Gothic Revival work of Thomas Willement.

In 1847, Holland commissioned the building of a family residence and glassworks studio at 3 Priory Road - then called Oil Mill Lane - on the intersection with St John’s,[3] Warwick.

The firm was initially marketed as Midland Counties Stained Glass and Decorative Works, Saint John's, Warwick.

Peter Auguste Fischer, aged 20 years, is also listed as an apprentice glass painter, living with the Holt family.

"The materials are mixed and then melted in a crucible made of fire clay, a substance that can withstand intense, prolonged heat.

[11] During the English Civil War in the 17th century Oliver Cromwell, a zealous Puritan, fought King Charles I and as part of this campaign, rampaged against the traditional Loyalist church and its ornate trappings.

His troops broke down the heavy doors of parish churches near and far, and rode on horseback through their interiors, destroying with their swords anything decorative.

[12] In the Nineteenth century the Anglican church became interested in what had been lost: there were a few examples of medieval and Elizabethan windows that had survived this earlier devastation.

Christ Church, Taney Dundrum[33] incorporates a set of windows signed " Holland, Son & Holt, Glass Painters, Decorators, &c., Warwick, England, 1872.

Iconography:Taking in the Stranger- on left Clothing the Naked- on right In the NORTH; WEST chancel are "Two lancets each measuring 2950x560 mm, one quatrefoil and two small mouchettes. "

Little, Joyce, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 67.

Warwickshire County Council: Certified copy of an entry of death for William Holand of the Stained Glass Works in Co. St. Johns, Warwick.