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 St Mary Redcliffe by KennetRose
The mediaeval Merchant Venturers, banished from within the city walls, built their own church outside the walls just to show who was boss!
Negotiating the traffic outside can be a nightmare though! Leave a Comment Address: Corner of Redcliffe Hill and Redcliffe WayDirections: A short walk from Temple Meads station.
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Thomas Chatterton wrote “Redcliffe church is the pride of Bristol and the western land”. The truth is that I liked St Mary Redcliffe church more than the cathedral! It is a beautiful Anglican parish church, the second largest in England. I loved the gothic architecture and enjoyed the huge interior although we found funny the xmas tree inside!
The church was started to built in the 12th century but most of what we see today is from the 15th century. William Edney bade the nice gates at the 18th century and other ironwork too. The 1.200 roof bosses are all hand carved and gilded and now two are the same! If you have binoculars you can enjoy some nice scenes like the crucifixion and the Redcliffe maze. The pipe organ is from 1912 and contains 5000 pipes.
The church is open 9.00-17.30 (in summer til 20.00) and there’s no entrance fee Address: 12 Colston Parade, Bristol, BS1 6SPPhone: 01179/291487Directions: At the corner of Redcliffe Hill and Redcliffe Way. It’s a short walk from Temple Meads station or 10’ walk from the center through queens square.Website: http://www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk/
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Bristol's Anglican Cathedral is on College Green to the west side of the city centre. It is certainly solid and impressive, the majority built in the late 1800's.
However, in my opinion, the real award for cathedral-ness should go to St Mary's Church, Redcliffe, 10 minutes walk to the east. Look for the tall spire, almost 300 feet high. It is a splendid fifteenth century masterpiece with many gems of interest, some older and others very modern. The main body of St Mary's is bathed in light from a delicate web of gothic tracery windows. The entire ceiling is interlaced with decoration, covered with gold leaf. Imagine how awe-inspiring this was when it was first built!
You enter via an unusually shaped North door with intricate stone carving. Inside the church there are tombs and inscriptions and some great stained glass windows. The four-keyboard organ has pipes dating back to 1720.
In one wing there is an ultra modern 'Chaotic Pendulum' which, it is alleged' represents the unpredictability of God's Earth.
This is the first church I have visited that gave a funeral service for a cat. Tom, the much loved church moggie, died in 1927 at a ripe age and his grave is in the lawn behind the church.
Plenty of information in many languages. I encourage you to give a generous donation. A cafe can be found under the church. Church generally open 8.30/9 till 4/5pm depending on season. Leave a Comment Address: Redcliffe Way, BristolDirections: 10 minutes walk from the old city centre, Redcliffe Way is a busy dual carriageway leading towards the railway station. Look out church's tall spire.Website: http://www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk/
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 St. Mary Redcliffe
Church, Bristol
England... by coceng
I walked towards the tower of ST. MARY REDCLIFFE CHURCH as you can see in the left photo...READ MORE ON ST. MARY REDCLIFFE CHURCH... Leave a Comment
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Allegedly Queen Elizabeth the first called it the fairest church in the land. It's certainly worth a visit. My children go to the school attached to the church - which unfortunately is a 1970's building in the middle of highrise flats behind the church! Leave a Comment Address: Redcliffe, BristolDirections: A stonesthrow from the railway station
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 St. Mary Redcliffe
Church, Bristol
England... by coceng
Here's the tower of the church again, this time taken from The South Porch... Leave a Comment
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 St. Mary Redcliffe
Church, Bristol
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This is one of them, certainly my favourite ! Leave a Comment
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Look at the church tower, amazing ! Leave a Comment
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