St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton
Whilst the two most easterly windows in the North Aisle are works of art in themselves – and very good they are, too – there are a few more traditional artworks here in the North Aisle to delight the visitor.
The Last Supper
A modern cross-stitch representation of Da Vinci’s famous painting of the Last Supper – just one of a number of artworks in the church based on works by masters of Italian Renaissance art. The creator and the donor of the cross-stitch is not known.
St. Peter and St. Paul
This is one of the church’s newest acquisitions. Created in 2017 by a Greek artist, this was donated by Archbishop Douglas Lewins, leader of the Old Roman Catholic Church of Great Britain, an Independent Catholic Church.
Drawing of the Lady Chapel Stained Glass Window
By far the most superior of the artworks in the North Aisle is the original sketch of the stained glass window in the Lady Chapel. This was donated by Roger Welby-Everard in 2013. The artist is Thomas William Camm, of Smethwick, Birmingham. Camm was a Stained Glass Artist, who designed the aforementioned window. It must be assumed this sketch was completed for approval by the Everard family (who commissioned the work) before embarking on creating the window itself, which was installed in 1896. Camm’s work was widely acclaimed. His studio won medals in Paris in 1878, in Sydney in 1879 and in Turin in 1911, and the American architect Ralph Adams Cram wrote:
“at the present moment a large number of artists in England are producing work of most singular beauty and perfection. Amongst these I have no hesitation in placing Mr. Camm easily as the first.”
