Loose photographs

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 ADC/4
  • Dates of Creation
      n.d. [?1880s-1890s]
  • Physical Description
      6 items. Condition: the photographs and mounts are affected by light foxing and surface dirt.

Scope and Content

Six loose black and white photographs, mounted on board, of the interior of St Michael’s church, Flixton, Cheshire. Each mount is printed ‘G. Watmough Webster & Son, Chester and West Kirby’.

  • ADC/4/1: Photograph of the chancel and organ in St Michael’s, Flixton, with a wall decorated with a fresco of angels playing musical instruments. Pews and an eagle lectern are visible.
  • ADC/4/2: Photograph of two stained-glass windows and archways in St Michael’s, Flixton. The wall is painted with a floral design and a fresco of angels playing musical instruments. A carved stone pulpit is in the foreground.
  • ADC/4/3: Photograph of pews in St Michael’s, Flixton, with a stained-glass window at the end of the aisle. To the left-hand side of the photograph is the organ as shown in photograph 1 and four archways, painted with a floral design.
  • ADC/4/4: Photograph of pews, round columns and painted archways in St Michael’s, Flixton. Three stained-glass windows can be seen in the background.
  • ADC/4/5: Photograph looking down the aisle of the nave of St Michael’s, Flixton, with a three-light stained-glass window at the far end. On either side of the aisle are pews, round columns and floral archways.
  • ADC/4/6: Photograph of the chancel of St Michael’s, Flixton, showing a three-light stained-glass window at the end of the aisle, depicting Christ on the cross. The walls have been painted with a floral design and directly above the window is a large angel. There are two wooden plaques on either side of the window and an altar beneath it. In the foreground is an eagle lectern and the organ is visible on the left-hand side.