Croft Design Ecclesiastical Outfitters

The restoration of the shrine of St Thomas Cantilupe in Hereford Cathedral has been a unique experience for Brendon and Julie.

This three year project has been one of their largest commissions to date, with the shrine canopy, wall hangings and intercession boards. The bright colours and gold leaf have transformed the whole transept.

< This photo shows the shrine after the first phase of installing a new stone plinth around the base.

These photos show the shrine with the new embroidered canopy in the raised position, this is how it will look on feast days.

 

The brass and glass structure will house the holy relic of St Thomas Cantilupe

Either side of the shrine are two large embroidered panels depicting scenes from the life of St Thomas.

These have been a major part of our work and have taken over twelve months to complete.

The names of the various donors are embroidered into the designs, finding them however is quite a task.

Once the individual scenes were assembled into the panels they were too large for us to view at our shop, so this was the first time we had seen our finished work. The size of the building makes them look significantly smaller than they are, so I asked Julie to stand by each panel to give an idea of scale. Julie is approximately 5' 5"
We provided the red panels for the new intercession boards.

< This is the view from the crossing with the new altar in place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below are pictures of the individual scenes

A new large iron votive candle stand can just be seen to the left of the intercession boards.
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