The Four Doctors Window
The large window at the end of the North Transept is called the ‘Four Doctors’ window.
Did you know?
Designers
It was designed by the Cathedral architect Charles Hodgson Fowler with the firm of stained glass makers Clayton & Bell, and installed in 1875. Placed in the Cathedral in memory of John Robert Davison, a local MP, it cost £600 (about £40,000 today).
Things to look for
Window Lights
- The main part of the design features six long windows, or ‘lights’, each showing a different person.
- The centre two lights depict the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus, and St. Cuthbert, carrying the head of St. Oswald. On either side of them are the figures of St. Jerome, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine and St. Gregory.
- These four saints are considered very great scholars and thinkers, and all have been awarded the title ‘Doctor of the Church’, which gives the window its name.
- Below them, in six smaller lights, are round panels showing objects associated with the Crucifixion of Jesus, including a cross, crown of thorns, hammer, spear, cup and a bag of silver coins.
Follow the guided tour
You’re in: The North Transept You’re at: The Four Doctors Window Next stop: St Gregory Nazianzen Window
- Turn to your left and you will see another large stained glass window
- This is the Gregory Nazianzen window