THE STAINED GLASS REPOSITORY

The Committee of the Stained Glass Repository

  • Chairman: R.J. Holloway
    Assistant of the Court of the Glaziers Company. Retired Stained GlassCraftsman.
  • Secretary & Treasurer: V. Lester
    Liveryman since 2015, now secretary of the Repository and also serving on the Crafts and Competitions committee.
  • J. Allen
    Curator of The Stained Glass Museum, Art historian, Freeman of the WCG.
  • P.F.B. Beesley
    Past Master of the Livery Company and currently Vice- Chair of the Glaziers Foundation of which the Repository forms a constituent part.
  • A. Hollywood
    Liveryman of the Glaziers Company since 2014.
  • R.C. Shrimplin
    Past Master of the Glaziers Company.
  • P. Thomas.
    Liveryman of the Glaziers' Company. Architectural historian, retired DAC Secretary and Church Buildings Advisor, educator, designer and painter of inscriptions in glass.
  • A. Wright
    Freeman of the Glaziers Company since 2019 and Director of Devlin Plummer Stained Glass Ltd

Ex officio members of the Committee are the Master and Wardens of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.

The Committee is advised by representatives of heritage & conservation bodies including Historic England, the Church Commissioners for England and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

  • Adrian Browning
    Historic Buildings Specialist, Closed Churches Division, Church Commissioners. Advises on availability of stained glass from churches no longer required by the Church of England for worship.