Liverpool Cathedral, Merseyside (Lancashire)

The cathedral has a fine collection of 20th century windows with major contributions from James Powell & Sons (successively under J W Brown and James Hogan), William Wilson and Carl Edwards, with the baton sadly often passing from one to the other due to death or ill-health.

Of particular note for their subject matter are the ‘Noble Women’ windows on the Lady Chapel stairs. The 23 glass panels focus on the achievements and impact of women in society – a particularly progressive approach when one considers that they were made in the early twentieth-century. The windows were designed by JW Brown and made by Powells in 1910, but were unfortunately damaged during World War Two. The task of making replacements was begun by James Hogan on the south side using simplified versions of the original designs. After his premature death in 1948 the work was completed by Carl Edwards, who also made a new east window for the chapel.