St Mary Redcliffe Church Parish Magazine July/August 2019

focused in working with large complex sites embodied with built fabric
and heritage that sit at the heart of community life”. Bonnie has worked
on a number of church projects and with the cathedral architects at York
Minster, Southwark Cathedral, Shrewsbury Catholic Cathedral and
Canterbury Cathedral.
Revd James Bryson, an architect with twenty years experience, who is
now Parish Priest at St John the Baptist, Eltham, South London. James
has particular interest in pre-project advice and the clarification of
mission. He was Founding Director of Grace Architects, which worked
for five years solely with church clients.
Jill Preston, who has wide-ranging experience in marketing communications,
project leadership and business planning, both in major corporations
and in senior roles at heritage and visitor attractions, including Kew
Gardens. Jill is a former board director of ALVA (the Association of
Large Visitor Attractions) and a board member of of the National Trust
London and SE region. She also chaired Chelmsford Cathedral Fabric
Advisory Committee.
We feel that the invitation to benefit from this ground-breaking scheme
demonstrates significant support from the Church Buildings Council, although
we understand that it doesn’t constitute a judgement on any of the
architectural planning that has taken place so far.
If you would like more information about Project 450 or are interested in
looking in more detail at documents relating to the various ongoing workstreams,
please contact me via phone or email.
REDCLIFFE WAY...
IN OTHER NEWS, following a review of the impact of the roadworks at
Temple Circus, the City Council has postponed the consultation on a new
road layout for Redcliffe Way. This pause provides an opportunity for a
more robust analysis of placemaking and community need complementing
the work that has been carried out so far to address technical challenges
relating to infrastructure modification, transport and traffic flow. This is
a welcome development, since there will now be more opportunity to
discuss ways in which the church’s development can work alongside and
integrate with the wider re-development of Redcliffe.
CHATTERTON COMMEMORATION...
2020 IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY of the death of St Mary Redcliffe’s
famous eulogist, the poet Thomas Chatterton.
We’ve just received news from Bristol Cultural Development Partnership
that it plans to mark the anniversary with a city-wide year of celebrations
around Bristol’s poetic heritage.
Clearly, the church will have a role to play in these celebrations and,
accordingly, we have just received an invitation to take part in a meeting
to discuss ideas with other partners and stakeholders.
This is especially good timing, since one of the intended outcomes of the
first phase improvements to the church’s visitor experience is that the
Chatterton Room — located above the north porch and closed for most
of the year — will be open to the public. This will form part of a broader
interpretative programme that will re-establish awareness of the church’s
links with Chatterton, and underline the cultural significance of the poet to
church visitors.
— Rhys Williams
Research Assistant
CONTACT — contact Rhys via email at: rhys.williams@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk or tel:
0117-231 0068. For news of Project 450 visit also the church website at www.
stmaryredcliffe.co.uk/development // IMAGES — pp17 & 19: concept designs for
SMR north side development.
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