Faith, Hope and Charity
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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1927
Standing woman (Charity) holds a flaming heart while in front two kneeling women hold a cross (Faith) and an anchor (Hope).
size: 40 cm (width) [approx]firm/studio: possibly
James Ballantine and SonChurch of St Mary, Tenby, Pembrokeshiresouth west corner of the south aisle (window number: sX)
Given in memory of John and Charlotte Bancroft, both of whom died in 1922.
The window could be the work of Ballantine of Edinburgh.During the commissioning of the window there was disquiet that the flaming heart held by the central figure could have been confused with the Catholic image of the Sacred Heart. (ObjectID=465 ImageID=589) Original File Name=_MG_1021.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 21-08-2020
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tenby (Aberystwyth: Sulien, 2014), p. 19.
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass Museum Study Weekend 2017 (2017).
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/465 (accessed 6 September 2025)
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