One of the windows in the Lady Chapel on the south side of the sanctuary shows the Archangel Michael and the other (shown above) St George, the patron saint of England.  Both windows were erected in memory of Henry Cecil Thorold, who was killed in the Boer War.

The window by the font shows the Baptism of Christ and was presented by the children of the parish.  Detail from the window, showing the Holy Spirit descending on Christ               >

There are three windows in the church from the studio  of Charles Eamer Kempe - an influential designer who worked with GF Bodley on several occasions and who also designed the organ case at St John's.  Two of the windows are to be found in the Lady chapel and the third is on the West Wall behind the font.   They are easily spotted as Kempe added his signature in the form of a wheatsheaf.   If you look carefully at the left hand side of the windows about a third of the way up you will spot it.

The other major piece by C E Kempe is the organ case.  Kempe studied church decoration under George Frederick Bodley, our architect.  He began by doing wall paintings at All Saints', Cambridge and then other churches before he turned to stained glass.  His work has been described as having a 'unique charm' with an attention to beauty but growing particularly out of his deep Christian faith.  His aim was always to let the light to shine through his designs to bring with it 'a reassurance from the source of everlasting light.' Kempe had hoped to become a priest but when that was not possible, he used his talents to adorn the many houses of God in which he worked.

His organ case at St John's is an example of the soaring majesty which he saw in God and so it is an expression of faith as well as a sharing with Bodley the view that nothing is too good for God. 

It was even more elaborate when it was first built.  Lavishly gilded it was also painted bright scarlet and six feet higher!  This was not to the liking of St John's benefactor, E J Wythes, and maybe it was because Wythes was also employing Kempe in doing work at Copped Hall that Kepe agreed to comply.  The case was lowered and the two side panels added (at the head of the North Aisle and in the, now, Transfiguration Chapel).  It was also re-painted the green we see today - though where that has been scuffed the original scarlet still peeps through. 

At Copped Hall Kempe designed a new servants wing and a conservatory, as well as Garden Pavillions and the Wood House.

Like Bodley, Kempe died in 1907.  His stained glass company continued to manufacture church windows until the 1930s.  After his death the 'Wheatsheaf' was surrounded by a black lozenge emitting golden rays and in the final window made by the company, it was turned on its side.