The Nave

William Butterfield (1814-1900) was an Englishman who designed a large number of churches in England and abroad, according to the ideas of the Tractarian Movement. This was a religious revival which aimed to renew the faith of the Anglican Church by providing symbolic decoration in each church building to express ideas of worship. Butterfield used powerful, vigorous arches, pillars and walls in his buildings, decorated with multi-coloured stripes and patterns of stone and brickwork.