Glasgow: Hyndland Parish Church of Scotland, Vestry

The Faith and Work Windows, 1 and 2

Two windows of rounded trefoil headed lancet lights.

Three of the four windows located in the Vestry of Hyndland Parish Church were originally designed and installed in St. Brides’s Church of Rosevale Street in Partick circa 1897. St. Bride’s Church of Rosevale Street was demolished in 1975. These three panels were saved by Rev. John A. Macnaughton, the Minster at St. Bride’s Church of Rosevale Street and later the Minister at Hyndland Parish Church.

Left Window:
The upper and lower portion of the window features a typical Victorian design. The centre portion contains a carpenter/wood carver at a work bench, surround by tools of his trade.

Inscription:
The latin inscription in the lower panel states: Labore ipse Voluptas -(translation-Work itself is pleasure.)

Artist:
Oscar Paterson (1863-1934) - was born in the Gorbals in Glasgow. He trained in London at City and Guilds Institute in London and apprenticed as a Stained Glass technician and artist. After a successful time in London, Paterson returned to Glasgow in 1913 and continued creating work for very many notable interiors. At his peak it is said that Oscar Paterson was the most significant glass artist in Britain after Edward Burne Jones, and received more acclaim then any other Glaswegian glass artist of the period.

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Right Window:
This replacement window was commissioned by Hyndland Parish Church in memory of Alastair Weir, a former Session Clerk at Hyndland Parish Church. This window was designed by Paul Lucky in the style of the three existing windows and installed in 1988.

The upper and lower portion of the window features a typical Victorian design. The centre portion contains a stone carver/mason carving an ornate capital with a mallet and chisel.

Inscription:
The latin inscription in the lower panel states: Super hanc Petram Aedificabo -(translation-On this rock shall l build.)

Artist:
Paul Lucky (1953-2015: was born in London. He studied Architectural Stained Glass at Swansea College of Art 1977-90. He was a fellow of the British Society of Master Glass Painters and formed the Stained Glass Design Partnership in 1981 with Susan Bradbury, which is based in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire.