About this time, at the request of Bishop Baines, he and some other members of the community left Ampleforth to establish a monastery at Prior Park, near Bath.
The chapel of Prior Park College, Bath, designed by Scoles, was erected after his death by his son.
Prior Park was created by local entrepreneur and philanthropist Ralph Allen from about 1734 until his death in 1764, with advice from both Pope and Brown.
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He was educated at Bective College, Dublin, and at Prior Park, near Bath, England.
On 4 July 1843, he distributed the prizes at Prior Park; the following day he preached at the opening of the new church of St Mary on the Quay, Bristol, returning to Prior Park in the evening, apparently in his usual health; but the following morning he was found dead in his bed.
A picture of the Palladian bridge located in the Prior Park Landscape Garden is used as the cover art for the progressive death metal band Opeth's second album Morningrise.