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William Wailes (1838-1914)

Stained Glass firm established by William Wailes in Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1838. It quickly became one of the two largest workshops in England with a vast output (the other was Hardmans of Birmingham), and by 1851 William Wailes was employing 76 workmen. From 1838-45 he made windows for A.W.N. Pugin. Windows by Wailes are characterised by bright colours. Later work was more 'factually' Biblical, and even pictorial. After the death of William Wailes in 1881, the firm continued to make stained glass under the leadership of Thomas Rankine Strang, the son-in-law of William Wailes, using the name Wailes and Strang. Waile's daughter and Strang's wife, Margaret Janet Wailes, was probably the chief designer in the later stages of the firm's life.

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	Scenes from the Gospels firm/studio: William Wailes 1842 Church of All Saints, Llangorwen, Ceredigion east wall of the chancel
	The Baptism of Christ firm/studio: probably William Wailes about 1850 Church of St Catherine, Llanfaes, Anglesey north wall of the chancel
	Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John firm/studio: William Wailes 1849 Church of St Gastyn, Llangasty-Talyllyn, Powys east wall of the chancel
	Decorative Window firm/studio: William Wailes about 1849 Church of St Gastyn, Llangasty-Talyllyn, Powys south wall of the nave
	Christ with Children firm/studio: William Wailes 1849 Church of St Gastyn, Llangasty-Talyllyn, Powys west wall of the tower
	Christ Walking on the Water firm/studio: William Wailes about 1849 Church of St Gastyn, Llangasty-Talyllyn, Powys south wall of the sanctuary
	The Baptism of Christ firm/studio: William Wailes about 1849 Church of St Gastyn, Llangasty-Talyllyn, Powys north wall of the sanctuary
	Christ Raising the Daughter of Jairus firm/studio: William Wailes about 1849 Church of St Gastyn, Llangasty-Talyllyn, Powys east wall of the south chapel (organ chamber)
	East Window firm/studio: William Wailes 1851 Church of the Holy Trinity, Gwersyllt, Wrexham east wall of the chancel
	South Chancel Window firm/studio: William Wailes 1851 Church of the Holy Trinity, Gwersyllt, Wrexham south wall of the chancel

Ronald Torbet, The Wonderful Windows of William Wailes (Lancaster: Scotforth Books, 2003).

Paul Thompson, William Butterfield (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971), p. 463.