Butterfield, William
![Alexander Gibbs and William Butterfield, detail of east window (1865), Church of St Lawrence, Godmersham, Kent. Alexander Gibbs and William Butterfield, detail of east window (1865), Church of St Lawrence, Godmersham, Kent. | Photo: Peter Hildebrand](https://www.visitstainedglass.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Godmersham-east-window-322x573.jpg)
Alexander Gibbs and William Butterfield, detail of east window (1865), Church of St Lawrence, Godmersham, Kent.
Photo: Peter Hildebrand
William Butterfield (1814-1900) was one of the great Gothic revivalist architects, and although born into a non-conformist family became associated with the High Church Oxford Movement. While not formally a designer of stained glass window he strongly influenced the work of the many firms that made windows under his direction. Opposite is a typical example of the style of window produced in the 1860s in collaboration with Alexander Gibbs.
Sources:
William Butterfield on Wikipedia
William Butterfield by Paul Thompson (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971)
Butterfield Revisited by P. Howell & A. Saint (eds.), (Victorian Society, 2017)
The Stained Glass Commissioned by William Butterfield by Michael Kerney, Journal of Stained Glass, Vol. XX, 1996