We had heard about the restored Tudor stained glass exhibit at The Vyne, and as it is only a little over half an hour's drive from home thought we would visit on Sunday.
The Vyne is a Tudor house near Basingstoke in Hampshire, which has been owned by the National Trust since 1959. It was built in the first half of the 1500s and substantially modified in the early 1700s.
The stained glass windows now in The Vyne chapel are part of a series made for the owners of The Vyne between 1515 and 1542, probably originally for the Holy Ghost Chapel in Basingstoke. They were moved during the English Civil War, concealed in chests and hidden in the lake to avoid destruction by the Puritans and then installed at The Vyne. The fine detail is applied as a paint and then fired into the glass. This paint was becoming eroded and starting to peel, so a major programme of work was recently carried out by the National Trust, restoring the windows to their former glory and preserving them for the future. They are regarded as the finest stained glass of the period in the UK.
Here are 6 photographs depicting the main panels
Left panel upper
Hi res version
Left panel lower
Hi res version
Centre panel upper
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Centre panel lower
Hi res version
Right panel upper
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Right panel lower
Hi res version
These photos were all shot whilst trying to balance noise, depth of field and shutter speed in a low light environment so I used iso400, mainly f6.3 and shutter speeds varied between 1/13s and 1/300s.
Although the restored stained glass is a major feature, The Vyne is a beautiful National Trust property and well worth a visit - here a a few more views of the house and grounds
Higher res version
Higher res version
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