Today's #ArtsandCrafts #Cotswolds(very ish) #churches is Mells in Somerset, home of the Horners. Frances Horner had known Edward Burne-Jones since she was a child. First, then, is the memorial to her friend and EBJ's, Laura Lyttelton, by EBJ, 1886. Image: David Nicholls
Frances was a skilled embroiderer, and created this panel, designed by Burne-Jones. It represents a figure from Dante's Paradisio, L'amor che muove il sole. Made c. 1880-3. It now hangs in the church. #embroidery Images: Michael Day
Sadly, Frances was to lose her 2 sons. 1st, her youngest, Mark, died when was only 16 of scarlet fever. There are 2 memorials, both by her friend Edwin Lutyens, 1908, with lettering by Eric Gill. No photo of the church one, this shelter is in the village. Image: Mells village
Before her 2nd son died, her younger daughter's husband was killed in #WWI, Raymond Asquith, the eldest son of the prime minister. His #memorial is a subtle one, designed by Lutyens with lettering again by Gill, 1916, a bronze wreath and carving into the wall. Image: Michael Day
Like Raymond, his fellow Coterie member, Frances' eldest son Edward died in #WWI. Again Lutyens was commissioned, this time producing, with Alfred Munnings, a large and impressive equestrian #memorial, 1920 Images: Michael Day x 2, Gerry Morris and Hugh Llewellyn
Lutyens also created a #memorial for the McKenna family in the churchyard, 1932. Reginald McKenna was married to Pamela, a member of the Jekyll family. The Jekylls were Lutyens original contact to the Horners, I understand. Image: Lucienne Boyce
Lutyens also designed the main Mells #WWI #warmemorial - a grandiose structure with St George atop a pillar. The church war memorial is a more modest affair, designed and made by the Kensington School of Art. Images: John Sly (WMR-1385) & Michael Day
Lastly, back into the church for #stainedglass by William Nicholson, 1932, dedicated to Frances' husband, John Francis Fortesque Horner, who died in 1927. Not aware that Nicholson did much stained glass - but it's a dramatic window, showing St Francis. Image: David Nicholls
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