Church decorators and stained-glass artists, of Regent Street, London. The partnership of John Richard Clayton (1827-1913) and Alfred Bell (1832-1895) was formed in 1857 with the purpose of improving stained glass design. From 1861 onwards Clayton & Bell manufacured their own windows, as well as murals and mosaics. The firm, which had three hundred employees by the late 1860s, survived the deaths of the two founders and continued to operate until the 1980s.

There are a number of stained glass windows by Clayton & Bell in Ireland, and J.R. Clayton is presumably the 'Mr Clayton' who executed some of the decorative painting in St Bartholomew's Church, Ballsbridge, Dublin, to designs by THOMAS MANLY DEANE  THOMAS MANLY DEANE in 1878.(1)

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References
Information about the firm of Clayton & Bell is from GroveArt, the website of the Grove Dictionary of Art on www.artnet.com.

(1) Kenneth Milne, St Bartholomew's: a history of the Dublin parish (1963), 105.

15 work entries listed in chronological order for CLAYTON & BELL *#

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Building:	CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BRIDGE STREET, CATHEDRAL OF ST MARY (CI)
Date:	1857p
Nature:	New E window to design by William Slater in memory of Augustus O'Brien Stafford. Cost £388. W window to design by William Slater in memory of Sir Matthew Barrington
Refs:	M. Lenihan, Limerick; its history and antiquities (1866), 601-603

Building:	CO. WEXFORD, ARDAMINE (GOREY), CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST (CI)
Date:	1859;1860;1864
Nature:	Chancel windows by C & B, 1860. Also eastmost windown in S wall of nave, 1864, and westmost window in north wall, 1859.
Refs:	David Lawrence, 'Church of Ireland: The United Diocese of Cashel, Ferns, Leighlin, Lismore, Ossory and Waterford: Stained-Glass Windows' (2005), II, 20 (copies of report in IAA and RCB Library, Dublin)

Building:	CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, CATHEDRAL CLOSE, CATHEDRAL OF ST PATRICK (CI)
Date:	1860-62
Nature:	Memorial to Rev. Cosby Stopford Mangan in form of stained-glass window.
Refs:	Armagh Guardian, 5 Apr 1860; DB 2, 1 May 1860, 259; Bassett's Guide to Co. Armagh (1888), 81.

Building:	CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PATRICK STREET, ST PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL (CI)
Date:	1864-1865
Nature:	Triple-lancet window (Praise of God through music) in Lady chapel in memory of John Smith, Doctor of Music.
Refs:	DB 6, 15 Apr 1864, 70; David Lawrence, ‘Church of Ireland: The National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Patrick, Dublin: Stained-Glass Windows' (RCB report, 2001), 39

Building:	CO. ANTRIM, JORDANSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI)
Date:	1868
Nature:	4 stained glass windows in chanceldepicting SS Patrick, Comgall, Brigid and Columba.
Refs:	Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 101(N2, illus.)

Building:	CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHRISTCHURCH PLACE, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI)
Date:	1870s
Nature:	Windows in choir, transepts and baptistery executed by C & B.
Refs:	William Butler, The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity Dublin (1901), 28

Building:	CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CLYDE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW (CI)
Date:	1878
Nature:	'Mr Clayton' (possibly J.B. Clayton, senior partner of Clayton & Bell) executes some of interior decorative scheme to design by T.M. Deane.
Refs:	Kenneth Milne, St Bartholomew's: a history of the Dublin parish (1963), 105

Building:	CO. KILKENNY, STONYFORD, CHURCH OF ST PATER (CI, ENNISNAG PARISH)
Date:	1878
Nature:	E window by C & B. Designed by George Daniels.
Refs:	David Lawrence, 'Church of Ireland: The United Diocese of Cashel, Ferns, Leighlin, Lismore, Ossory and Waterford: Stained-Glass Windows' (2005), II, 42 (copies of report in IAA and RCB Library, Dublin)

Building:	CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GLASNEVIN, PROSPECT CEMETERY, MORTUARY CHAPEL
Date:	1878ca
Nature:	Stained glass windows
Refs:	Guide through Glasnevin (1879), 66; E. MacDowell Cosgrave & Leonard R. Strangways, Visitors’ Guide to Dublin and Neighbourhoods (Dublin & London, [1907]), 52.

Building:	CO. DERRY, DRAPERSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI, BALLYNASCREEN PARISH)
Date:	1888
Nature:	East windows in chancel (3-light) and South aisle (2-light). Reproductions of windows in Christ Church, Dublin.
Refs:	Architect 40, 14 Dec 1888, 344 (information from David Lawrence, Gladestry, Powys, Jan 2011).

Building:	CO. WICKLOW, SHILLELAGH, CHURCH (CI)
Date:	1898
Nature:	Stained-glass lancets representing Last Supper, Christ among the Doctors, and the Sermon on the Mount placed in chancel in memory of late Countess Fitzwilliam. Also lectern and chancel panelling.
Refs:	Wicklow Newsletter, 11 Jun 1898;  Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/3032/ (last visited, Feb 20100.

Building:	CO. WICKLOW, ARKLOW, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (CI, KILBRIDE PARISH)
Date:	1899-1919;1931-32,1937
Nature:	Series of 18 windows, for 5th Earl of Carysfort (1836-1909, Col. Douglas Proby (1856-1931) and others.
Refs:	Wicklow Newsletter, 24 Jun,21 Aug 1899, 2 May 1908, 26 May 1917, 4 Oct 1919;  IB 41, 15 Sep 1899, 129;  Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/building/building/2930/ (last visited Oct 2009).

Building:	CO. WICKLOW, SHILLELAGH, CHURCH (CI)
Date:	1902
Nature:	2 windows in N transept (Shepherds worshipping & Adoration of the Magi) erected in memory of William thomas Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam (d.1902).
Refs:	Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/3032/ (last visted, Feb 2010).

Building:	CO. WICKLOW, SHILLELAGH, CHURCH (CI)
Date:	1909
Nature:	Stained-glass window (Christ with Martha) erected in memory of late Mrs Brooke by her husband, Mr Frank Brooke.
Refs:	Wicklow Newsletter, 18 Sep 1909;  Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/3032/ (last visited, Feb 2010).

Building:	CO. CAVAN, KILMORE, CATHEDRAL OF ST FETHLIMIDH (CI)
Date:	?
Nature:	South aisle window to Cosby Young and Raising of Lazarus window by C & B
Refs:	B.H. Blacker, Sketches of Irish Churches (1871-73), No. 12: Kilmore Cathedral