Attention: You are using an outdated browser, device or you do not have the latest version of JavaScript downloaded and so this website may not work as expected. Please download the latest software or switch device to avoid further issues.

NEWS > Archives > The Stained Glass Window

The Stained Glass Window

We are hoping that the large abstract stained glass window in the Junior Library will be accepted into Art UK – the online home for every public art collection in the UK.
11 Dec 2020
Archives
A section of the window
A section of the window

The window was originally commissioned for the 1965 Cheltenham Grammar School Hester’s Way building, and rescued and renovated by Bristol Stained Glass when that building was demolished in 1996.  It's housed in the Junior Library and fills the room.  It's calming, beguiling and uplifting all at once!

The window has important links with the magnificent stained glass of Coventry Cathedral. There is every reason to believe that artists who worked on Coventry also lent a hand to the Pate’s project. It was designed and made – using a new innovative technique for holding the glass pieces together – by Tyrone Guy of the Royal College of Art. He was probably a protégé of the RCA’s Keith New, who worked on the stained glass of Coventry Cathedral. It certainly would appear that the Pate’s window was a project they moved onto after completing works for Coventry. The budget – just a few hundred pounds in the early 1960s – and brief, were devised by the then head-teacher Dr Arthur Bell. The brief was very expressive, being based on a passage from Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress!   

To hear more about this wonderful window from Rob Rimell (PGS 1963-1970) click here

 

Similar stories

As the final event in our calendar of 450 anniversary events, the Sixth Form students in the Development & Alumni Committee delivered an assembly to the Year 7s about the school's … More...

In 1574, Richard Pate founded his Schola Grammatica and a hospital or almshouse ‘for six old poor people'. A very specia… More...

The Archives has moved to the main school building and we are looking forward to displaying treasures from our illustrio… More...

The 1914 Patesian takes a deep dive into the history of the School Arms and Colours. More...

It was an exciting opportunity for the school's archivists to visit Corpus Christi College, Oxford to look over document… More...

Most read

In autumn 2024, the school hosted the first Richard Pate Lecture. The Guest Speaker was Sir Peter Lampl, an Old Patesian, who is founder of The Sutton… More...

As the final event in our calendar of 450 anniversary events, the Sixth Form students in the Development & Alumni Committee delivered an assembly to t… More...

To celebrate 450 years since the foundation of Pate's Grammar School, a concert with pupils from The Richard Pate School and Pate's took place at the … More...

Have Your Say