List
of works by
Margaret Agnes Rope ("Marga")
Arranged alphabetically by UK county, then by country internationally.
Listings
for Cheshire, Dyfed, Gwent,
Lanarkshire, Lancashire, London,
Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Shropshire,
Suffolk, Surrey, Wirral,
Yorkshire
and
Australia, Canada, Italy,
South Africa
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Green
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from: help, please, with information and photos!
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Latchford,
Warrington: Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church
2 windows (2 lights each) Martyrs (B.John Finch,
B.James Bell, SS
John Fisher and Thomas More), 1939: excellent.
Stockport:
Our Lady and the Apostles Catholic Church
One 3-light window behind the altar: The
Holy Family (1930s).
Llandovery:
Our Lady's Catholic church
Charming memorial window to Marga's nephew
and niece, who died in childhood. The adjoining window, also in the Arts and
Crafts style, is also delightful - a memorial to their parents, but not by
Marga or Tor.
Llanarth:
Llanarth
Court chapel (now medium security psychiatric hospital)
2 windows- St Francis & St
Bernard (Photos
courtesy
of and copyright © Paddy Nash)
Lanark:
St Mary's
Parable of the Prodigal Son, 1915 (Photo
courtesy
of and copyright © Rona Moody of Scottish
Stained Glass website) Follow the story
from details in the window: 1:The Prodigal sets
out from the farm for the bright lights of the city, 2:"..
wasted his substance with riotous living", 3:"..the
husks that the swine did eat", 4:"
.. kill the fatted calf", 5:" ..
one sinner that repenteth", 6: Father
and Prodigal Son dine but look who isn't happy. Also: Noah's
Ark
Christ in Gethsemane and the Crucifixion,
including details: 1: The Last Supper: Judas
(left) with his money in hand, 2: The
disciples sleep during... 3: The Agony in
Gethsemane as the soldiers arrive with Judas. 4: The
Crucifixion. Also: 5: Mary Magdalene
dries Christ's feet with her hair and 6: The
pelican, symbolic of Christ's sacrifice
Lanark:
Hospital (perhaps St Mary's Hospital, now council offices)
One window: Our Lady. Does anyone have any information on where this
might be? Can anyone provide a photo?
Upholland:
St Joseph's College (now deconsecrated, maybe inaccessible)
Multiple window in complex tracery portraying
the Church in sacrament and teaching.
Clapham:
St Mary's Redemptorist Church
One 3 light-window (west end) The Holy Family;
3 lancets in the "Parish Room" Crucifixion,
Virgin and Child, Blessed Sacrament.
Marble
Arch: Tyburn Convent
Ten panels incorporating 20 roundels commemorating the Tyburn martyrs, with
themes of the Beatitudes and the Corporal
Works of Mercy.
Quidenham:
Carmelite Monastery
The general public cannot see her five fine panels
on the history of the Carmelites that are in the enclosure but her designs
(executed by her cousin, Tor) can be seen in many windows in the chapel.
Clifton
Hampden: St
Michael and All Angels
Lancet: St George and the Dragon: good.
(Photo courtesy
of and copyright © Peter Secker Walker)
Newport:
SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church
Five large and important early windows here (1912-16) - Our Lady, Help of
Christians and SS Peter, Paul, Nicholas & Winefride.
Much of interest in the background detail and the
lower panels.
Shrewsbury:
Cathedral Church of
Our Lady and St Peter of Alcantara
A great concentration of important windows from the 1910s,20s and 30s: the
great west window, 6 large lights and much tracery - Martyrs
of England; The Annunciation and St Cecilia
(3 lights, s), Life of St Lawrence (3 lights
& tracery, sanc.s), Douai Martyrs (opposite
St Lawrence, matching), Our Lady Help of Christians (Lady chapel), Baptismal
themes(w) and, out of sight in the sacristy, Unus Deus / St Ambrose.
Blaxhall:
St Peter's
The east window, the Nativity with Saints,
is a memorial to her paternal grandparents, who lived in the parish, and other
family members. It is an important early work, produced with assistance from
Tor, at that time her student. As usual, there is much of interest in the
background detail as well as the main figures. As is typical of Marga, these
have characterful faces, drawn from models. St
Michael, for example, is modelled by her brother, as elsewhere, and may
have been added later after his early death (see next entry).
Kesgrave:
Holy Family and St
Michael Catholic Church
Founded as a memorial to her brother Michael, killed in the crash of the airship
R101 and containing many interesting and impressive works by Marga and her
cousin, Tor. David and Isaiah,(2
lights,e), St Theresa of Avila and Our
Lady with a Sister of Charity (porch) , the
Holy Family & St Michael (3-light above the original altar); St
Dominic (w) SS John Fisher and Thomas
More (w); Easter Saturday procession
(in Galilee) shows members of Marga's family; Our
Lady and the Christchild (n), originally by Marga, revised as her memorial
by Tor. The church also contains cartoons and other
works by Marga.
Oxted:
All Saints
Lancet window of St Hedwig: excellent.
Wirral
Birkenhead:
Catholic church of the Holy Name, Oxton
Really important Marga windows here: English martyrs
of the Shrewsbury diocese (4 lights), St
John the Baptist, St Mary, St Elizabeth (3 lights), St
Therèse of Lisieux & St Winefride (2 lights). The face of St
Therèse may well have been modelled on the artist's own face (1930s).
Hoylake:
St Hildeburgh's:
Memorial window to James H Getty (photo copyright ©
and courtesy of Jan Rance - and thanks for finding a "new" window
to Barrie and Wendy Armstrong's book "The Arts and Crafts Movement in
the North West of England", pub. Oblong Creative of Wetherby,2005)
Yorkshire,
West Riding
Heckmondwike: Church
of the Holy Spirit
Three circular windows in East end
(photo
copyright ©
and courtesy of Julia Smith, with thanks for finding "new" windows)
Geraldton,
Western Australia: St
Francis Xavier Cathedral.
Eight windows by the two cousins: Marga's include "Janua
Coeli" (war memorial window) detail one,
two, and
"Rosa
Mystica" detail one,
two,
News of the
Resurrection (detail: sleeping
guards) and Bishop
Kelly memorial window. (Photos courtesy
of and copyright © Peter Ledger)
see also this
Mullewa,
Western Australia: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and
SS Peter & Paul
One light: Gloria
in excelsis.
Vancouver, British Columbia: "Goblin Market". Its location has been traced thanks to this website and I hope for a photo soon.
Rome:
Venerable English College
One window (single light): St Ralph Sherwin:
colour photo, please!
Balgowan,
near Pietermaritzburg: Michaelhouse School chapel
Seven fine lancet windows, early 1920s, mostly war memorials- Samuel
as a boy in the temple, David as a shepherd
boy, St Michael, Virgin
and Christchild, Angel Gabriel, John
the Baptist as a boy, lad carrying loaves
and fishes: excellent. (Photo courtesy
of and copyright © Anthony
Nicholson)
Randfontein:
St John the Divine
"This do and thou shalt live" memorial window. Photo please!
If you have any comments, corrections or additions or if you can help provide a colour photo of locations in green, please e-mail me.
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