Architectural Details

This window was installed in 1955 as part of post-war damage work to the parish church. During the Second World War, the stained-glass windows of the church building were destroyed. This chapter in history is immortalised and interwoven into the fabric of the parish church in the new windows.

The window is the first on the liturgical south (geographically west) side of the ground floor of the nave. It depicts the Arms of the old Borough of St Marylebone. The motto reads ‘Let it be according to your Word’ part of the Magnificat or Song of Mary in Luke 1.46-55.

It was designed by Lawrence Stanley Lee (18 September 1909 – 25 April 2011), a British stained glass artist whose work spanned the latter half of the 20th century. He was best known for leading the creation of ten huge windows for the nave of the new Coventry Cathedral. His other work includes windows at Guildford and Southwark Cathedrals, and his art can be seen across the UK, and further afield in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Christopher R. Wallis assisted Lawrence Stanley Lee in creating the Marylebone Madonna Window.