Delighful St Anne's |
I made some enquiries as to it's history and was rewarded by a super story sent by Church Warden Sue Blore.
With sincere thanks I reproduce it in full
St
Anne’s Church, Dropmore, was founded in 1865 by George M. Fortescue, nephew of
Lord Grenville who established Dropmore estate in 1792. He
inherited the estate on the death of Bishop of Lady Grenville in 1864. The church was dedicated in 1866 by the Bishop
of Oxford, and Dropmore became a parish in 1867. The Fortescue family added the transept in
1877.
Both
the church and transept were built by Butterfield.
Later alterations to the church included the
placing of an organ on the site of the original vestry, and the building of a
new vestry in 1911. The later was
constructed in memory of Sir John and Lady Anne Aird of Sheepcote Manor.
Features
of interest in the church include the east window which is the original, dating
from 1866. Another interesting stained
glass window, by William Morris and Company, is to be found in the vestry.
The Lord Courtauld-Thompson window is a good
example of more modern stained glass work, depicting his varied connections and
Dorneywood, which he left to the nation and is now used as a residence by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The window
is dedicated to Lord Courtauld-Thompson, his father, his sister Winifred, his
sister Elspeth and her husband, Kenneth Grahame, author of Wind in the
Willows. The inkwell and Quill denote
his occupation as a writer.
Memorials
inside the church, and tomb and vault in the churchyard, show the association
with the church of later owners of the Dropmore estate, the Berry family, the
head of whom was Lord Kemsley of newspaper fame.
(I cannot wait to get inside an make more drawings)
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