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Plan of Leeds (c1730) titled "A New and Exact Plan of the Town of Leedes" map of York (1726): "New and Exact Plan of the City of York" This displayed fashionable new houses around the margin of the map. lieutenant is not clear whether this is the same John Cossins as the one after whom Cossins Road in Bristol is named. This commemorates John Cossins, who acquired the estate in 1732.
He replaced the old manor house with Redland Court, a house of Classical design.
Redland Court still stands and is now used as a school and has been much changed and enlarged though its well known Bath stone frontage is still visible from the streets that now cover most of the original grounds. Cossins was also responsible for the building of Redland church, which was originally the Court"s private chapel.
lieutenant was built of Bath stone like the Court to a very simple, yet elegant design. Thomas Paty, the well known local architect was involved in its construction.
In 1898 the Bishop of Bristol"s palace was built on the site, only to be bombed in December 1940 and later demolished.
