The stained glass windows in yesterday's post are in St Matthew's Church in Windsor. The first time I saw this church I remember thinking that its lovely simplicity was exactly like a Francis Greenway building. It turns out, Francis Greenway a convict architect from the early days of the colony, was the architect of this building.
Photo: St Matthews Church, Windsor
This is a repost to participate in this week's taphophile tragics. The original post was about the church but when looking back through past posts that suit the meme I realised the church also has a graveyard.
That looks like an old cemetery.
ReplyDeleteA lovely church. It would be interesting to explore the markers there -- it looks like some old ones there.
ReplyDeleteBeyond the Blue Mountains... could set a fellow to day dreaming, of eternity.
ReplyDeleteA trip out to Windsor is definitely on my taphophile to do list. There seem to be several old cemeteries out there.
ReplyDeleteA convict architect? That sounds like a movie waiting to be made. I like the variety of headstones in the church yard. Suggests people of varying income levels came to rest here.
ReplyDeleteOops ... sorry for being tardy!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you reposted this. I have photos of Windsor somewhere from a Historic Houses bus trip. Must move them into my cemeteries folder. Every couple of days I find a new set of images from yet another cemetery. Should keep me going for a while yet.
Greenway was such an elegant architect, wasn't he. This church is a particularly fine example of his work.
Thanks for participating. Keep digging back into those folders. Having followed you for a while now, I reckon you have zillions!