Red sunburst stained glass window in a white internal partition wall

Stained glass internal partitions – inspiration

Stained glass can be used for many purposes. Many of my customers have put their new purchase to great use as a solution for getting light into rooms that don’t have a natural light source – often where there is a stud wall and the room does not border with the outside of their home.

A bird’s eye view to a kitchen

I shipped these windows, featuring bird roundels, to Amy in Barry, Wales, not long after I rescued them from a Victorian house in Tunbridge Wells.

Amy – Barry, Wales (A1678), 2025 (close up)
The hallway of a house. The edge of a front door, containing coloured glass, and a wooden staircase, are visible to the left. On the wall at the end of the hall are two square stained glass windows, one above the other. They are a a patchwork of coloured squares, bordered with red rectangles. At the centre of both windows is a hand painted bird roundel.
Amy – Barry, Wales (A1678), 2025 (hallway)

Amy said, “Finally installed an internal wall going into our kitchen. It just glows from the second you open the front door.”

Returning to a sacred space

I rescued the panels of this window from a Victorian church in Keighley…

Click here for the provenance.

Can you spot the section which is now part of an internal partition in Simon’s converted Wolverhampton Chapel?

Simon made a frame for his Jesus Christ window panel. He says “the frame is oak and situated on the inside of the chapel. It would have been a lot of work to knock the walls out and at the same time the stained glass window would have been open to all the elements so to make a frame in a church style is a better option than fitting it in to brickwork”

Jesus Christ and sunray in an arched leaded stained glass window panel.

Simon is a carpenter who makes all sorts of things, but has a particular interest in framing stained glass. It’s so hard to find any such tradesperson who is capable, willing and available to do this sort of work. Do let me know if you would like me to refer you to him? If you would like your own Jesus window in a wooden frame A1749a could be perfect for Simon’s attention.

A pair above a door

Frances from Hertfordshire bought this pair of windows from me:

Two almost identical floral square stained glass windows, next to each other in blue grey wooden frames, above a white wooden door. The windows each feature a yellow blue and brown flower, centred with a red roundel, and roundel in each corner - all red, except for one yellow one.

She says: “It sits above the door between our utility room and downstairs shower room. It makes the space very special.” Frances painted the frames blue, which I think is an inspired choice.

Letting light into a dining room

I sent this pair to Donna in Philadelphia…

A room. There is a fireplace, decorated with stockings and a Christmas wreath, on the left. A set of stairs is on the right. A dining table is in the centre of the room. On the far wall are two identical art deco geometric stained glass windows.

… so that she could have an Art Deco Christmas!

Here’s how I packaged…

A package half created. Cardboard on the outside. The sides of two wooden windows are visible between three pieces of polystyrene.
A1535b
A rectangular cardboard package, with grey tape around the edges, photographed corner on, from above.
A1535b

Have a look at the Art Deco windows I currently have in stock.

Pansy in an alcove

I shipped this beautiful pansy to Italy – doesn’t it look cosy!

A floral stained glass window, a blue pansy, inside an archway.
Carola – Rome, Italy, 2018

Roundels

I shipped this colourful window to Matthew in Ontario, Canada:

A white wooden framed stained glass window comprising of six panels spilt into coloured triangles, with a roundel in the centre of each.
R1080e
The wall of a room with light shining through a white wooden framed stained glass window comprising of six panels spilt into coloured triangles, with a roundel in the centre of each.
Matthew – ON, Canada. (R1080e), 2021

Sunburst

I bought this set of four top lights from someone who had already removed the original frames to merge into a new frame as one but I happen to know these were from a house in Ruislip, North West London:

A1454d

I shipped it to Ben in North Somerset…

Ben, North Somerset (A1454d) , 2023

Tempted by a sun burst yourself? Thinking about renovating or redecorating? See some panels currently available for sale in my sunray collection.

To see a completely different way that the same window as been used, integrated into a front door, see the Stained glass windows reused externally page.

Matching pair

Here’s a pair of Art Deco windows I sent to Stephen in North Ayrshire, Scotland. He fitted them into an internal wall partition:

A tall rectangular mostly clear leaded window, with some stained glass aspects, in a polystyrene lined wooden box
A739a
Two rectangular vertical clear stained glass windows, in a wall above furniture, with a view through to the next room.
Stephen, North Ayrshire, Scotland (A739a), 2021

Light for a bathroom

Sue found these in my 1 metre vertical category – I got them from Epsom, South West London.

Geometric art deco leaded stained glass in a white window frame.
R872a
Three stained glass windows in the upper section of the wall of a big room, two equal in size, the third slightly smaller. A chandelier style light fitting in the foreground, light coming in from a skylight at the top right.
Sue – Cornwall, UK (R872), 2020
Sue – Cornwall, UK (R872), 2020

“We  bought 3 windows. We live in an old mill in Cornwall and wanted go get some natural light into an upstairs bathroom with a sloping ceiling. The windows face out into a hall and stairwell. As you can see, the outside still needs finishing and painting, an ongoing project. “

I also have a page with picture of stained glass in bathrooms.

Old becomes new

I rescued these, which include the always appealing hand painted glass and roundels, from the door of a house in Tufnell Park, London, dated 1890:

Two broken leaded stained glass containing colourful squares, painted glass and roundels
S1031c

Chris found them on my fragments page and says “Please find attached a pic of what happened to the 2 broken sections I purchased. My first attempt at fixing a stained glass window. It didn’t need to be perfect as it’s between two internal rooms. Thanks Chris”:

A vertical rectangular wooden framed stained glass window including colourful squares, painted glass, roundels and a red border
Chris – Silsden, West Yorkshire, UK (S1031c), 2020

Sunshine

I sent Bill this pair of matching sunrays:

A vertical rectangular white wooden framed stained glass window, containing a sun with sunrays rising above green hills, and a brick wall, with blue sky and clouds above
R513.
Two identical stained glass windows in a wall - vertical and rectangular, containing a sun with sunrays rising above green hills, and a brick wall, with blue sky and clouds above
Bill – Glasgow, UK. (R513), 2018

Foxglove!

This big rare floral window, depicting the close-up of a foxglove…

A large oak framed floral stained glass window, three panels depicting a close up of a foxglove
R122

is now installed in Sue’s home in Northamptonshire:

Installed in a wall, with another room in sight behind, A oak framed floral stained glass window, three panels depicting a close up of a foxglove
Sue – Northamptonshire (R122), 2016

Exploring further

There are more examples of internal windows on various other inspiration pages: Behind a kitchen sink, Entrance hall, A new use for a door, Between armchairs, A porthole between rooms, Above a bench

This is one of many pages with examples of stained glass that I have sold, now in a new home. You can see more Uses for stained glass, or to see them all, explore the links from Customer reuse ideas.

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