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Sadly the Windsor Garrison no longer uses this church, but it remains a shrine to the British Army with standards everywhere and the balcony fascia completely covered with memorials to various military campaigns. I was fortunate to visit on the day before Remembrance Sunday, so it was full of volunteers cleaning the interior and setting up for the following day’s service. I was able to have a fascinating talk with the vicar about the history of the church, which was initially funded by a donation by Queen Victoria. Prince Albert had a significant influence over its design and there’s a life sized statue of him in the entrance lobby. The magnificent interior is very definitely Victorian, but distinctly lighter and brighter than in many other churches of that era.
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Although the present building dates from 1820-22, albeit on the site of earlier churches dating back to medieval times, its most striking ornament dates from the early seventeenth century and is a painting of the Last Supper by James I’s painter Francis de Cleyn. It was originally placed in St. George’s Chapel but together with the main altar was removed by Puritans in the Civil War, rolled up and buried before its restoration in the next century culminating in its presentation as a gift to the Parish Church by George III in 1788. It is situated on the first floor wall directly above the main entrance such that I only noticed it on the way out. Perhaps the second most impressive ornament is the organ occupying a vast space to the left of the main altar which is currently subject to a restoration appeal.
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