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The church of Saint Mary the Virgin at Great Warley, a village in Essex about thirty kilometres north-east of London, was built from 1902 to 1904 to the architectural designs of Charles Harrison Townsend (1851-1928), with decorations inside by the sculptor William Reynolds-Stevens. This church is kn...
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| Gaia: | The church of Saint Mary the Virgin at Great Warley, a village in Essex about thirty kilometres north-east of London, was built from 1902 to 1904 to the architectural designs of Charles Harrison Townsend (1851-1928), with decorations inside by the sculptor William Reynolds-Stevens. This church is known locally as ‘the aluminium church’. Its architecture is relatively humdrum and the church’s listing at Grade 1 is due to its interior decoration, seen as an outstanding example of the Arts & Crafts movement, the British source of international Art Nouveau. In a rich palette of materials, aluminium leaf or paint is applied to the bas-reliefs of rose trees and lilies that form the ribs of the nave, and to the rounded roof of the apse behind the reredos. Sometimes mistaken for silver, the aluminium was chosen by Reynolds-Stevens for its durability, corresponding with the symbols of eternal life and resurrection that characterise his creation, a total work of art. |
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