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    Sir John Ninian Comper (10 June 1864 – 22 December 1960) was a Scottish architect, one of the last of the great Gothic Revival architects. His work almost...
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    Regent's Park, off Baker Street. The present church was designed by Ninian Comper and is a Grade II* listed building. The parish was formed by the efforts...
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  • (1897–1939), English aviator and aircraft designer Ninian Comper (1864–1960), Scottish architect Château de Comper, castle located in Paimpont forest (formerly...
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  • monoplane racer. Nicholas Comper was born in Lambeth, London, England, the son of church architect Sir John Ninian Comper. After leaving Dulwich College...
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    Alexandra Gardens, Cathays Park, Cardiff. The memorial was designed by Sir Ninian Comper and unveiled on 12 June 1928 by the Prince of Wales. The memorial commemorates...
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    by Leonard Stokes in 1899 and built in 1901 with a chapel added by Ninian Comper. It was Grade II* listed in 1972. The complex was acquired by the Roman...
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    the Blessed Sacrament was reordered between 1935 and 1939 by Sir Ninian Comper. Comper's work in the chapel included the construction of a gilded baldacchino...
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    screen and the east windows of the chancel and transepts are by Sir Ninian Comper and Squire Stott. In the north transept are murals of the Annunciation...
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    preparation for Holy Orders. St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth was consecrated on Tuesday 10 December 1850, and the following day, Comper was ordained deacon in the...
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    Giles as "a treasure-house of Comper work", referring to the restoration carried out on the church by Sir Ninian Comper between 1908 and 1910. The church...
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    works of Sir Ninian Comper. This was dedicated in 1921 as a war memorial, though the gilding was not finished until 1934. Other works by Comper are the serene...
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    architects and artists, including Street, George Frederick Bodley, Ninian Comper, Arthur Blomfield and Edward Burne-Jones, with stained-glass windows...
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    fireplace in the centre of the floor. The wooden panelling was designed by Ninian Comper and was erected in 1911 in place of some previous 19th-century Gothic...
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    Eamer Kempe and there is a wooden screen and rood loft designed by Sir Ninian Comper. The building opened for worship in 1890 with the intention of ministering...
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    determined to construct a new building and they commissioned Ninian Comper to undertake the task. Comper designed a completely new church to an unusual plan,...
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    Since the 19th century, new stained glass, designed by artists such as Ninian Comper (on the north side of the nave) and Hugh Easton and Alan Younger (in...
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    Salviati mosaics, sculptures by Thomas Earp, a later crypt chapel by Ninian Comper, and a War Memorial by Martin Travers. The painted ceiling of the nave...
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    curtains, were revived in some new or refitted Anglo-Catholic churches by Ninian Comper and others around 1900. In earlier periods the curtains were closed...
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    unveiled in Westminster Abbey. The window is one of a series designed by Ninian Comper dedicated to the memory of eminent engineers. He is also commemorated...
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    it was the first church designed by the late Victorian architect Sir Ninian Comper. It is situated on the busy junction of Grange Road and the High Street...
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    and Pusey House was established as his memorial. The window is by Sir Ninian Comper and contains figures of Old Testament prophets, and fathers of the Church...
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    screen dates from 1480. Its missing rood loft was reconstructed by Sir Ninian Comper in 1925, complete with a rood and figures of saints and angels, and...
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    Dec 1898) in the nave is by Sir John Ninian Comper and dates from 1905. The east window (1896), is also by Comper, a memorial to a former vicar, the Revd...
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    significant interior stone decoration and a stained glass window by Ninian Comper, who lived in the area. Upper Norwood Library in Westow Hill, the only...
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    in 1922 a statue of Joan of Arc (carved under the supervision of Sir Ninian Comper) was placed beside the entrance to the Lady Chapel in Winchester Cathedral...
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    the church. Dating from the early 20th century, they were the work of Ninian Comper. One of the more notable surviving elements is the curious 19th-century...
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    on an error in transcription. The east windows were created by Sir Ninian Comper. He also designed windows for Westminster Abbey and the entirety of...
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    east window, destroyed in the war, was replaced by a new window by Ninian Comper in 1956. It shows "The Risen Saviour" with the message "Feed my sheep";...
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    dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel, was originally designed by Ninian Comper and built in 1910–11, but the tower not completed until the 1960s. Arthur...
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    memorial to those who died in World War II. It was designed by Sir J. Ninian Comper. The cloth behind the altar was hung in 1994, and represents the three...
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