45611; -2.60444 The Wills Memorial Building (also known as the Wills Memorial Tower or simply the Wills Tower) is a neo-Gothic building in Bristol, England...
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University of Bristol (section Buildings and sites)
and baker Kim-Joy Hewlett. Wills Memorial Building H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory Victoria Rooms Student's Union Building Chemistry Department Library...
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Institute during its annual lecture held on 25 November 2016 at the Wills Memorial Building. This battery is proposed to run on the radioactivity of waste...
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Wills Memorial Building Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine "Wills Memorial Tower, Bristol England landmark". "Building – 686 – Wills Memorial...
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Herbert Wills, for the building of the Wills Memorial Building in memory of his father Henry Overton Wills III. Another brother was Walter Melville Wills, who...
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Wills Memorial Building". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015. "Wills Memorial Building"...
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plumber, during which time he spent four years working on the Wills Memorial Building in Bristol, before becoming manager of the plumbing company's branch...
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heart of the Old City Hammerbeam roof in the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol BBC Bristol TV Studios, Whiteladies Road...
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Studio converted from an indoor tennis court off a corridor in the Wills Memorial Building behind the University's Bell Tower at the top of Bristol's fashionable...
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England. Thames and Hudson. pp. 179–180. ISBN 978-0-500-34314-2. "Wills Memorial Building". Emporis. 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012...
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by Liverpool Record Office. History of Wills Hall H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory "Building – 686 – Wills Memorial Tower – Bristol". Archived from the original...
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George may refer to: England's ninth-largest bell, hung in the Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol A badge of the Order of the Garter Great...
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Triangle. Looking up the street there is a dramatic view of the Wills Memorial Building. Along with nearby Brandon Hill and some neighbouring streets it...
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of Bristol. The Wills Memorial Building was built by his two surviving sons in memory at a cost of £500,000. The impact of the Wills family upon the university...
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Hammerbeam roof (category Timber framed buildings)
West Yorkshire The ornamented pendants in the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building (University of Bristol), completed in 1925, bombed in 1940 and...
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tackle blaze near university's Wills Memorial Building". Telegraph. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018. "The Fry building - the new home of The School...
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processing of tobacco flourished with the expansion of the W.D. & H.O. Wills business. Supported by new industry and growing commerce, Bristol's population...
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George Oatley (section Medical buildings)
architect noted for his work in Bristol, especially the gothic Wills Memorial Building. He was knighted for public service in 1925. Oatley was born in...
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Wills Memorial Building. His son George Alfred Wills provided the money to build a hall of residence in memory of his brother Henry Herbert Wills on the...
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Fan vault (section Buildings with fan vaulting)
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC, US (Children's Chapel) Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, Hamilton...
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design to control the striking of the bell Great George in the new Wills Memorial Building. Robertson’s clock incorporated an electromechanical device that...
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Retrieved 22 February 2011. "Arts Tower". Retrieved 22 February 2011. "Wills Memorial Building". Retrieved 22 February 2011. "Towers Hall". Retrieved 22 February...
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(20 March 2024). "Pro-Palestine students lock themselves inside Wills Memorial building". Bristol 247. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved...
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Bath stone (category Building stone)
Cathedral was built of Bath stone, and the Wills Tower, which is the dominant feature of the Wills Memorial Building, is constructed in reinforced concrete...
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distinctive Perpendicular Gothic feature, the four-centred arch. Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol (1915—1925) Palace of Westminster, rebuilt...
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(March 20, 2024). "Pro-Palestine students lock themselves inside Wills Memorial building". Bristol 247. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved...
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Hereford; Arundel and Alnwick Castle; Burleigh Pottery, Middleport; Wills Memorial Building, Bristol; Coventry Cathedral; Banqueting House, London 1; Banqueting...
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the building of what was to become the Wills Memorial Building which the brothers requested would be built to last for 400 years. When the Wills family...
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Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire – 23 September (27 May 2007) Wills Memorial Building, Bristol – 30 September Coventry Cathedral, Coventry – 7 October...
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grants to restore several parts of the building from Historic England, as it was listed as a Grade II* building at risk. Further restoration was planned...
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