Redland Chapel

Redland Chapel
Redland Chapel
Location within Bristol
General information
Town or city	Bristol
Country	England
Coordinates	51°28′20″N 2°36′23″W / 51.472208°N 2.606378°W / 51.472208; -2.606378
Completed	1742
Design and construction
Architect	John Strahan

Redland Parish Church is a Georgian church, in 1742, in the Redland suburb of Bristol, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

It which was built, probably by John Strahan and completed by William Halfpenny, with plasterwork by Thomas Paty, in 1742 as a private chapel for John Cossins who had purchased the local manor house, Redland Court, which is now Redland High School, though it was not consecrated until 1790.

The chapel eventually became the parish church when the parish of Redland was separated from Westbury-on-Trym in 1942 and, unusually, has no dedication to a patron saint.

The front of the limestone building has four Ionic pilasters around the door with a pediment above. The roof of the building has an octagonal leaded cupola. On the rear of the buildings are carved moors heads.

Inside are a square chancel and a nave. The interior has a coffered ceiling and intricately carved wooden panels showing birds and foliage. The Baroque carvings are made of limewood and mounted on dark oak background. The originnal pulpit was of three levels however this was reduced to two in the Victorian era. Memorial busts of John Cossins and his wife were carved by John Michael Rysbrack.