REDLAND CHAPEL AND THOMAS PATY

Exhibition: Tuesday 6 September – Sunday 16 October

Redland Chapel, Redland Green, Bristol was built as a private chapel by John and Martha Cossins. They had purchased and rebuilt Redland Court (now part of Redland High School) between 1732 and 1735. Some of the earliest recorded work carried out by Thomas Paty (1713-89) was the stone carving of the exterior ornamentation on the Chapel which appears to have been started in 1740. His more substantial contribution was the wooden carving on the interior, in particular the ornamentation of the Chancel, completed shortly before the Chapel was opened in October 1743.

A comprehensive photographic survey of these carvings has been made as part of the current restoration project. In addition to enabling the detail of the carving to be appreciated, the Exhibition covers the history of the Chapel in the context of the development of Redland as a suburb of Bristol.

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