Wills Memorial Building description and photos - Great Britain: Bristol (Topic)

Wills Memorial Building description and photos - Great Britain: Bristol. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Wills Memorial Building.

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The Wills Memorial Building (Wills Memorial Tower or just Wills Tower) is located in the city of Bristol in the UK. This is the third tallest building in the city, its height is 68 meters.

The bell of the tower hangs the Big George bell - one of the largest bells in England.

The tower was built from 1915 to 1925, and this is one of the last buildings built in England in the neo-Gothic style. The tower is part of the Bristol University complex - and its trademark, its symbol. Now the tower houses two educational faculties, a library, and all solemn ceremonies are held in the Main Hall.

The tower was built with funds from the Wills family of tobacco industrialists, in memory of Henry Overton Wils III, industrialist,

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