Briningham, St Maurice - A Window Full of Wonder
I would imagine that the residents of the Rectory at Briningham are very used to drivers pulling into their drive, before hurriedly reversing in a very English fashion as they realise they have pulled into the well-kempt garden of a private residence, not the church carpark. Having gone through that little ritual ourselves, we walked along the path and entered the graveyard.
Walking westwards on the south side, I was excited (in a nerdy/tweedy Antiquarian fashion) by the exquisite curvilinear tracery of the window on the south aisle - what a beauty!
Due to the distraction of simply dreadful Victorian glass, this window is best experienced from the outside. The lower section of the tracery consists of four lights (divisions) with three mullions (uprights) - no distractions from the beautiful flow of the tracery above. We can itemise each architectural element - crisply cusped 'trefoils', 'ogees', 'mouchettes', 'quatrefoils' - but, beyond that, it is an exquisitely harmonious composition and quite beautiful.
There is more to this church than just this window, but this window alone makes the journey to Briningham well worth while.
OS Aerial View:
Link to Simon Knott's Norfolk Churches website: Briningham Church
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