The Lady Chapel medieval glass window - A vision of a new heaven and new earth
Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.
The stained-glass window facing you is medieval. This window was remade from fragments of medieval glass. Over the centuries much of the church was desecrated and windows destroyed, but some of the old glass was recovered, kept in a wooden box in the priest’s room and replaced here in 1927.
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If you look up you will see a chandelier heater which was installed in 2025. It is of a special design for use in Churches. It runs on electricity and emits a cone of infrared radiation which does not directly heat the air, just solid objects in the infrared beam. Being an electrical heater, it can run on renewable energy with zero net carbon emissions. It can also heat the Chapel in fifteen minutes, making it possible to use the Chapel without heating the rest of the building. This kind of heating also avoids cycling temperature and humidity around the wall painting, important for its conservation.
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