Trena Cox (1895-1980)
Stained glass artist. Trena Mary Cox was brought up in Birkenhead and worked there until moving to Chester in 1924. Initially she worked in association with Williams, Gamon & Co., although within a few years she was accepting commissions independently.
Much of the work for which she was responsible is to be found in the north-west of England, including some major commissions in the 1930s, but her work is also found in North Wales and elsewhere in England. She continued to work from her home in Chester into the 1970s, her last known window made in 1972 when she was 77.
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St Elian artist: Trena Cox 1934 Chapel of St Trillo, Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy south wall | |
Virgin and Child artist: Trena Cox 1958 Church of St Mary, Johnstown, Wrexham east wall (window number: I) | |
Virgin and Child with St David artist: Trena Cox 1968 Church of St Mary, Beddgelert, Gwynedd north wall of the nave | |
St Michael artist: Trena Cox 1970 Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Wrexham east wall of north transept | |
Scenes from the Life of St Tysilio artist: Trena Cox 1972 Church of St Tysilio, Llantysilio, Denbighshire south wall of the nave |
Further reading
Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 35.
Barrie Armstrong and Wendy Armstrong, The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England: A Handbook (Wetherby: Oblong, 2005), pp. 222-3.
Peter Jones, 'Trena Cox: Emergence of a Stained Glass Artist' Historic Churches, no. 19 (2012), 11-14.
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