List of works by Townshend and Howson


A list of the major works of the Arts and Crafts stained glass artist Caroline Townshend, including works made together with Joan Howson.

Works

All Saints'

The three-light Dove window in the North Aisle was made by Townshend and Howson and designed by Townshend. It was commissioned by Frances Dove, founder of Townshend's school Wycombe Abbey, to pay tribute to the achievement of women through the ages.
It depicts famous women:
Townshend and Howson reset some fragments of old glass in the Nave North with a purplish grisaille background.

Chichester Cathedral

  • Location: Chichester, Sussex
  • Year: 1922
Townshend and Howson were responsible for the two-light window which depicts St Edmund Pontigny and St Thomas Becket. It is in the North Nave of the Cathedral.

The Children’s Church at Barnado’s

Townshend and Howson were responsible for the stained glass which was in the East end of this church and the Aisle windows. The window is now part of the Prince Regent Hotel in Woodford Bridge, Essex.

Dornoch Cathedral

Townshend and Howson were responsible for the single light window on the left of the South side of the Chancel

Emmanuel Church

This church has a Townshend and Howson East window which was installed in 1929. The windows are described by Richard Pollard and Nikolaus Pevsner as "large for them".

The Gate House

  • Location: Eskdale, Cumbria
  • Year: 1921
The Gate House in Eskdale Green, Holmrook, is managed by the Outward Bound Trust. According to Matthew Hyde and Nikolaus Pevsner, "off the huge library occupying the tower base opens a winter garden containing glass of 1921".

Giggleswick School, Yorkshire

A window in the old school hall.

Hannington Hall

The dining room of St Peter's College in Oxford is known as Hannington Hall and this has a three-light Townshend and Howson window which dates from 1928/29. It depicts Bishop James Hannington.

Hartland Abbey

  • Location: Hartland, Devon
  • Years: 1933
Townshend and Howson made some small roundels, possibly as part of an original set, and four of these were incorporated in a central window of Hartland Abbey. The Stucley family owners of the Abbey were benefactors of the repairs undertaken at St Nectan's Church Hartland and these roundels match the others in the Mary Chapel at the church.

Holy Trinity

Townshend and Howson were responsible for the North Transept window, known as the “Dove Window”.

Huyton College

Huyton College was the sister school to Liverpool College and Howson designed and installed a two-light window in the college's chapel. From an article entitled ‘ The New Chapel at the Liverpool College for Girls, Liverpool’:
"At the west end of the Chapel and on the south side is a very beautiful two-light window, presented by Miss Howson, depicting Sir Percival and Sir Galahad, and bearing the legends “Sir Percival, mightiest and purest among men”; and “I saw the Holy Grail, and in the strength of this I rode shattering all evil customs everywhere". The Ven. Archdeacon Howson.

Little Hampton Parish Church

Single-light window features St Christopher.

The Outward Bound Trust

  • Location: Eskdale, Cumbria
  • Year: 1921
Townshend designed a window for Platt Chapel in Manchester in memory of a mountain climber. Platt Chapel no longer operates as a chapel and the window was transferred to The Outward Bound Trust's centre in Eskdale.

Royal Southern Hospital

  • Location: Liverpool
  • Year: 1931
Townshend and Howson completed two windows for the hospital's chapel. One features Florence Nightingale and the other depicts the Virgin Mary with St John.

St Alphege

Townshend and Howson were responsible for a two light window in the St Alphege chapel. It depicts the martyrdom of St Alphege and the procession carrying his coffin into St Paul’s Minster.

St Ambrose

Townshend and Howson completed a three-light window for this church in the town of Widnes, then in Lancashire, now in Cheshire. From a church published article, “A journey around St Ambrose Church”.
“Three magnificent windows; the colour is brilliant in the afternoons of sunny summer days. Samuel Kidd, late of Farnworth, left £ 250 for a memorial window in memory of his wife Eliza who had been a Sunday School teacher for many years. The window was to depict “the woman with a pot of ointment” and lettered, “She hath done what she could."
Archbishop Howson’s daughter was asked to submit a design but it was uncertain which window to allocate. A design was approved and the west end was allocated. Miss J. Howson and a Miss C. Townshend worked at a studio in Putney. All three lights were to be used and to be descriptive of the great part played by women in the Lord’s ministry. The centre light was to show Jesus Christ with Mary at his feet, worshipping him and making the declaration “Rabboni”. Underneath this scene were to have a picture of the three Marys discovering the Risen Lord at the Sepulchre. The other lights were to show the widow’s gift to the Temple treasury. We were to see the joy of Jesus in his face as he looked down at the widow. The Arms of the Diocese of Liverpool which depict shipping and the Liver bird are used as are the arms of the Province of York. Can you see an inscription “Thy word is truth”. There are two more inscriptions. On the left, “She hath done what she could”. On the right, “She cast in all that she had”. In the centre window is the Agnus Dei, a lamb carrying a pennant. John the Baptist, having baptised Jesus Christ said “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world”, The dedication reads “To the Glory of God and in loving Memory of Eliza Kidd, for many years a Sunday School teacher in this parish. The Gift of her husband, Samuel Kidd. 1918”.

St Andrew, Bemerton

The Church of St Andrew, Bemerton, is known as George Herbert’s Church. It is in the parish of Bemerton. In George Herbert's day the other little church in the area was St Peter's Fugglestone which now comes within Wilton parish although in Herbert's day there was the one parish of Bemerton-cum-Fugglestone. On 14 June 1934, the stained glass in the West window, which had been given by admirers of George Herbert, from all over the world, was unveiled by the Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. St. Clair Donaldson. It depicts the Poet and his great friend Nicholas Ferrar. Caroline Townshend and Joan Howson were responsible for the window’s design and execution.

St Andrew, Kirkby Malzeard

This church contains a three-light window by Caroline Townshend.

St Catherine

Caroline Townshend and Joan Howson were responsible for the East end window in this Church and two small South windows.

St Firmin

A three-light window in this church is by Townshend and depicts the symbols of Matthew and Luke on the left and Mark and John in the right hand light. In the centre is Christ in Majesty. Below her image of Christ in Majesty, Townshend inscribes the words:

St John's

  • Location: Hartland, Devon
  • Years 1933
A single Townshend and Howson window was commissioned to the memory of the Wilton family and is set in the centre of the west wall of St John’s Chapel of ease. It represents St Augustine and St Francis.

St Leonard, Chelsum

In 1939 Townshend and Howson made a south-facing stained glass window of St Leonard and St Francis, which was commissioned as a memorial for H. & M. Daniell. It had 2 lights.

St Leonard, Upton

  • Location: Upton, Gloucestershire
In 1920 Townshend made a "nice Arts & Crafts" window for the North Sanctuary.

St Mary, Great Warley

  • Location: Great Warley
The West rose window in this church was a replacement for one that was blown out in 1940. It is by Heywood Sumner, with contributions from Eric Gill, L. Hallward, Caroline Townshend, William Reynolds-Stephens and Louis Davis. The window itself features hearts, grapes and the names and symbols of the four Evangelists.

St Mary, Morpeth

St Mary's is the parish church of Morpeth and has a Townshend and Howson window in the North wall.

St Mary, Storrington

  • Location: Storrington, Sussex
  • Year: 1933
Working with Joan Howson, Townshend completed a roundel in the West part of the church. It depicts St Dunstan kneeling in prayer.