Join us for this Lunchtime Lecture with returning speaker Paul Stevens, back by popular demand to teach us more about St Mary Redcliffe Church, a Grade I listed building with more than 800 years of history.

St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol: A masterpiece of gothic architecture

The present church is a treasure of international importance, a Grade I listed building that is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture. Redcliffe, once separate from Bristol and part of the manor of Bedminster, like the wider city is an area with strong links to the sea, maritime trade and industries such as glass-making and pottery. The history of the church is peopled with characters associated with the early modern expansion of Bristol, such as John Cabot and William Canynges, but also later political and cultural figures such as Admiral William Penn, William Hogarth and Thomas Chatterton, Wordsworth’s “marvellous boy”, whose formative years were spent contemplating the gothic splendour of the church.