Stained glass windows ayrshire

The coloured glass is crafted into stained glass windows in which small pieces of glass are arranged to form patterns or pictures, held together traditionally by strips of lead and supported by a rigid frame.

Painted details and yellow stain are often used to enhance the design. The term stained glass is also applied to windows in which the colours have been painted onto the glass and then fused to the glass in a kiln. Stained glass, as an art and a craft, requires the artistic skill to conceive an appropriate and workable design, and the engineering skills to assemble the piece.

A window must fit snugly into the space for which it is made, must resist wind and rain, and also, especially in the larger windows, must support its own weight.

Many large windows have withstood the test of time and remained substantially intact since the Late Middle Ages. In Western Europe they constitute the major form of pictorial art to have survived.

The River Ayr and the coast have been important for trade and fishing. In creating this commanding church, architect Reginald Fairlie was said to be inspired by the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling. Set in a conservation village the church, built in , remains one of the finest examples of a Norman church still in use in Scotland.

New Laigh Kirk has many unique features and attracts visitors, the stained glass windows are of national importance and there are links to Robert Burns and to the Covenanters.

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