Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass
Williams & Byrne - designers, painters and restorers of stained glass

Extraordinary stained glass from Williams & Byrne


What do you want us to design and make in glass for you? What effect do you want us to achieve?

Perhaps you want us to to brighten a hallway, to give colour to an entrance, to introduce calmness into a bedroom, to change a view, to bring a smile to guests’ faces, to cause friends to stop and wonder, to remind people of someone special, to commemorate a time or an event.

We can do all these things and more.

Just below, you’ll see examples of the different kinds of painted effects that you can have with glass.


Glass for a door, a window, a room-divider, for a wall

Stained glass door by Williams & ByrneUsing tailor-made sheets of exquisite antique glass, decorated and fired in the kiln with glass paint, silver-stain and enamels, perhaps acid-etched or sand-blasted and fire-polished, then assembled within hand-milled lead which we can even carve and gild in gold or silver leaf.

Using these techniques and others, we can make the lovely decorative object that you want.


A different kind of stained glass studio

Stained glass wall panel by Williams & ByrneEverything we make for you will evolve from a compelling, original and beautiful idea.

Here are some of our recent ideas that we have developed with our clients and brought to life in glass.

Simply consider the wide range of objects that we can make for you, the variety of style, and the fineness of painting.


Landing window in painted and silver-stained antique glass, overlooking woodland in private home by Williams & Byrne, designers, makers and restorers of stained glass

Door designed by Bevan & Helly-Hutchinson, acid-etched and silver-stained glass by Williams & Byrne

Owl sculpture by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass crow by Williams & Byrne

Dinder House Crest

Mystic tree (detail) by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass dove by Williams & Byrne

Saint Cecilia by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass dog roses by Williams & Byrne

Moon jewel-tile by Williams & Byrne

Squirrel in stained glass by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass dove (detail) by Williams & Byrne

Wall panel by Williams & Byrne

Barn owl by Williams & Byrne

Hely-Hutchinson family crest

Saint Frances (detail) by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass poppies by Williams & Byrne

Mystic tree door panel by Williams & Byrne

Detail from new windows for Perry Barr Methodist Church by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass windows for Perry Barr Methodist Church designed and made by Williams & Byrne

Detail from new windows for Perry Barr Methodist Church by Williams & Byrne

Blessed Nicholas (detail) by Williams & Byrne

Robin in stained glass by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass cockerel by Williams & Byrne

Bathroom window by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass phoenix by Williams & Byrne

Sun jewel-tile by Williams & Byrne

Pheasant in stained glass by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass daffodils by Williams & Byrne

Rose window by Williams & Byrne, door designed by Bevan & Helly-Hutchinson

Sun jewel-tile by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass crow (detail) by Williams & Byrne

Mystic tree door panel by Williams & Byrne

Door panel in stained glass ("Fire") by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass door by Williams & Byrne - The Mermaid and the Jackdaw

Stained glass owls by Williams & Byrne

Dog rose for door panel by Williams & Byrne

Mystic tree door panel by Williams & Byrne

Cockatrice in stained glass by Williams & Byrne

Tracecy for Blessed Nicholas by Williams & Byrne

Grisaille mystic tree door panel by Williams & Byrne

The mermaid and the jackdaw (detail) by Williams & Byrne

Painted and silver-stained quarries

Facsimile of medieval stained glass angel by Williams & Byrne

Bluetit in stained glass by Williams & Byrne

Leaded light by Williams & Byrne

King's head and holder by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass owl and holder by Williams & Byrne

Stained glass window for Kate Charles by Williams & Byrne - The Mermaid and the Jackdaw


Beautiful glass from beautiful designs

Our glass painting techniques are amazing. You can read about the techniques we use to paint our glass: Glass Painting Techniques & Secrets from an English Stained Glass Studio by David Williams and Stephen Byrne.

Our way at Williams & Byrne of painting glass like this is by first creating a compelling, beautiful and original idea: a gorgeous and articulate design for you. To see some of our designs, click here. Or, indeed, just click the owl:


Williams & Byrne
Designers, Painters & Restorers of Glass
Telephone +44 (0) 1584 856724
Williams & Byrne Limited, Church Farm Studios, Stanton Lacy, Near Ludlow, Shropshire, UK, SY8 2AE

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