glass by Jane Gray at Woolstaston, Shropshire

late 14th century Tree of Jesse on the Dean’s stall at Chester Cathedral Jesse lays at the bottom and a vine populated by many figures (& grapes) grows all the way to the Coronation of the Virgin at the top. The dove as Holy Spirit in the apex

Thanks for that. Here's an even more rustic version at Long Melford, Suffolk. Several times in East Anglia she's paired on screens with St Lawrence (though not at Barton Turf), two important household saints, familiar and useful for toothache and household fires.

I went in with Oxford Open Doors...but that was definitely NOT included! Maybe that's where they keep their collection of Pelicans in their Piety? (Corpus Christi "Welcoming Pelican", left, and altar frontal Pelican, right).

Fourth top: out of Small Heath and to Sparkhill. Specifically St John the Evangelist by Martin & Chamberlain (1888-95) Looked relatively standard (if quite spiky) from outside, but…

Third stop: St Gregory the Great, Coventry Rd (Bethel United Church since late 90s) Nave by JL Ball (1911-12) and west front by H Hobbiss (mid-1920s) shame about the Perspex over the windows but some lovely detailing, esp on the apse. Orig. planned to be larger -‘a magnificent fragment’ - Pevsner

Next up is St Benedict, Hob Moor Road An interesting church of 1908-9 by G Salway Nicol (of Nicol & Nicol) ‘an experiment’, apparently - early Christian detail with high Gothic proportions Chequer patterning the main tell that Lethaby was an influence

finally stopped raining so off out to explore Birmingham Today: Small Heath (sort of inner SE). Picked at random as it tradition First stop St Paul, Bordesley Green. Late 1960s by JP Osborne &Son Unusual concave tower & spire that looks a tad Scandinavian. Not sure about that west front though…

Unusual chancel arch at Milwich, Staffs…

Three’s a crowd at St John, Stowe-by-Chartley (Staffs.) Monument to Walter Devereux (d. 1537) and his two wives. Reason I went out that way today really some superb costume details preserved

sensational Elizabethan chancel roof at South Harting, Sussex Constructed in 1577 (they helpfully but the date on it…) after a fire in 1576 a forest of tie-beams, pendants & collar-beams The elongated balusters amongst it all struck me as a bit unusual

the Wrighte monument at Gayhurst, Bucks To Nathan Wrighte, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal (d.1721), and son George Wrighte (d.1725) Both bewigged, in highly fashionable contemporary attire & striking a pose It’s all brilliantly done but, as far as I know, the maker is still unknown?

On to St Mary Magdalen, Sheet. Still in Hampshire but only just Keen to see the remaining Comper work there. Alas it has been removed. disposed of around 10 years ago apparently- only this lonely pulpit by him remains

Out in truly dreadful weather. Only day free this week though, & beggars can't be choosers First stop is All Saints, Steep on the Hampshire/Sussex border Glass by Sidney Meteyard in the north aisle (dated 1923)

Ah Wolverhampton - a happy hunting ground for me here’s St Andrew, Whitmore Reans. A late Richard Twentyman effort (completed 1967). Piper/Reyntiens glass too

An owl looks on in a corner of Harry Stammers' depiction of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, just a tiny detail in his great east window of 1963 at St Mark's Broomhill, Sheffield, visited last week. #OwlishMonday

Intact medieval reliquary at Llanerfyl, Powys. Now that’s a first for me

North porch at Whalley, Lancs - built 1909 unusual door design - a timber lattice, imitating a portcullis, infilled with glass bullseyes

The Sower by Claude Price 1950s stained glass at St Agnes, Moseley

13th century stiff-leaf capital reused as a font at Buttington, Powys Likely from nearby Strata Marcella Abbey, which was dissolved in 1536

112 Princes St in Edinburgh became the Scottish Conservative Club in 1884. Above the timber staircase was set this stained glass honouring Benjamin Disraeli by James Ballantyne & Co. Sorry the staircase is not visible in the photo!

Medieval font fashioned from a single block of oak at Efenechtyd church

details of former Granada cinema at Tooting, built 1931 interior decoration by Russian designer Theodore Komisarjevsky. A fantastical melange of gothic, romanesque, renaissance, baroque & whoknows - never been anywhere else quite like it paintings by compatriot Vladmir Polunin listed Grade I

Mid 1930s glass by Jan Juta on the staircase of Pegasus House, Filton (built for the Bristol Aeroplane Company)

All the furnishings are by George Pace, 1963. The combined pulpit and reading desk are under the biggest tester I think I've ever seen!

Lychgate with a little pyramidal clock turret at Maentwrog. Designed by Douglas & Fordham, 1897 the church itself, St Twrog’s, is down a slope & below the village, so hidden from view

Boldly carved early 20th century altar rail at St Michael’s, Burwell (Lincolnshire) Just look at the size of those grapes!

a fine thing to be seen at Christ Church, Cheylesmore - a modern tester! Every pulpit should ‘ave one (look naked if not) A most elegant number, this. Bit like a water biscuit (designed by AH Gardener & Partners, 1957, although those mini carvings are by John Skelton)

Bold interwar job by CM Hadfield in Hillsborough, Sheffield Sacred Heart (RC) - opened March 1936 looking at that sheer brick apse with minimal Deco detailing, can’t help thinking the architect must have known Cachemaille-Day’s seminal St Nicholas, Burnage (1930-2)? Many similarities

Choir stalls of 1897 by Henry Wilson (no less) at St Matthew, Sheffield A bendy otter gets the fish