The South Porch, Thaxted Church

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The South Porch, Thaxted Church

Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Price

£850

Signed

Signed with initials and inscribed 'South Porch, Thaxted'

Medium

Ink with bodycolour

Dimensions

4 ½ x 7 inches

Illustrated

Clifford Bax, Highways and Byways in Essex, London: Macmillan and Co, 1939, page 96

Exhibited

'S R Badmin RWS, Paintings, Drawings & Prints', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, March-April 2015, no 97

'Thaxted church, with its great length and its proud, splendid spire, is one of the many churches in Essex which appear to be far too large for the need of the neighbourhood; but we must bear in mind that it was built during the golden age of the Cutlers' Guild: and an astute writer has suggested that the interior is unspoilt because there were no rich families in Thaxted who might have aimed at immortality by setting up monstrous tombs and dreary mural slabs.
This church is the glory of Thaxted, of Essex, of Eastern England, nor could any man praise it with adequate eloquence. It is a building which, from its general structure down to its detailed carving, is a masterpiece of beauty, and a stirring reminder of those pre-Reformation ages when religion was an hourly and a joyous part of men's lives.'
Clifford Bax, Highways and Byways in Essex, page 97

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