In the eighteenth Century, John Cossins hired the Bristol master craftsman, Thomas Paty to decorate his private chapel.  The wonderful chancel ornamentation was completed in 1743 and now forms part of Redland Parish Church, sited on Redland Green in Bristol.

Sadly the condition of these amazing carvings has deteriorated and they are now in urgent need of

• RESTORATION
• REPAIR
• REPLACEMENT

An appeal was launched by the then Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Simon Cook, in October 2004 and the target of £70,000 was raised within 12 months.

Permission to carry out the restoration work was granted by the Diocesan Chancellor early in 2006, but this was substantially later than hoped due to the failure of one of the heritage bodies to reply to a letter to the Chancellor. This delayed the start of the work, but we are delighted to say that it is now completed.

All of the carvings were cleaned or restored and a number of were replaced altogether, either because they had been stolen or irreperably damaged by insects of one kind or another. We have also had the 18th century font regilded and a splendid eagle carved to replace the original top of the font, which was also stolen some years ago.

The work done was recognised for special commendation by the Georgian Society at an Awards Ceremony in London in November 2009.