Intricate stained glass windows have been installed at a former Perthshire manse 150 years after tradesmen left the work unfinished.
When Glebe House was built in 1860 as a home for the minister of St Serf’s Church in Dunning , it was supposed to have diaphanie painted glass in the windows of the entrance hall and stairway.
Designs for the building detail the windows, but they were never installed.
More than 150 years later the owners of the building, Sara and Dave Wood, who run the property as a B&B, commissioned two local artists to finish the job.
Sara said: “I discovered the intent to have the stained glass window in researching the property and looking at old photographs and newspaper reports from the 1860s.
“It’s really a mystery as to why the original glass designs were never installed, but the beautiful house really merited the traditional stained glass work.
“We were really pleased to find two local artists who could both create something unique and work with the traditional house environment and setting.
“They both used some of the original 1860 glass within their designs and the result is really spectacular and of real interest to our guests.”
The entrance hall stained glass by Lorna Radbourne of Catriona Glass in Dunning is a modern depiction of the garden flowers and pond at the other side of the house.
The stairway glass was researched and designed by Alan Robinson of Ramoyle Glass Studios in Dunblane in keeping with the period of the manse.
The hand-painted borders illustrating the leaves of the garden are of flashed glass etched with hydrofluoric acid using the traditional method.
There are three traditional roundels which accurately depict the Dupplin Cross, St Serf’s Church and Thorntree Square, Dunning, of 1900. These were painstakingly hand painted and fired nine times using a traditional layering process.
Glebe House was commissioned to be built in 1860 by Lord Rollo as the new manse for the minister of St Serf’s Church in Dunning, Perthshire, now a Historic Scotland site housing the ancient Dupplin Cross.
The extensive renovation of Glebe House has been a labour of love for Sara and Dave who’ve been working to bring the property back to life since they became owners in 1998.