Wills Memorial Building

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landmark neo-Gothic building tower university building

Wills Memorial Building is a prominent neo-Gothic tower and university building in Bristol, England, serving as one of the city’s most recognizable architectural landmarks.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Wills Memorial Library 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landmark ⓘ
neo-Gothic building ⓘ
tower ⓘ
university building ⓘ
architect George Oatley ⓘ
Sir George Oatley ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neo-Gothic ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Bristol ⓘ
Towers in Bristol ⓘ
University of Bristol buildings ⓘ
constructionEnd 1925 ⓘ
constructionStart 1913 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasFunction administrative centre for the University of Bristol ⓘ
ceremonial centre for the University of Bristol ⓘ
hasPart Great Hall ⓘ
bell tower ⓘ
ceremonial rooms ⓘ
law library ⓘ
reception rooms ⓘ
height approximately 215 feet ⓘ
approximately 65 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
listed building in the United Kingdom ⓘ
inception 1915 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Bristol, England, United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Bristol, England

Bristol ⓘ
surface form: City of Bristol
locatedOnStreet Park Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Bristol ⓘ
materialUsed Bath stone ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Overton Wills III ⓘ
near Bristol ⓘ
surface form: Bristol city centre
notableFor neo-Gothic architecture ⓘ
prominent tower ⓘ
status as a symbol of the University of Bristol ⓘ
officialOpeningDate 1925 ⓘ
operator University of Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy University of Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf University of Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFor skyline of Bristol ⓘ
usedFor academic offices ⓘ
conferences ⓘ
graduation ceremonies ⓘ
lectures ⓘ
public events ⓘ
teaching ⓘ
university ceremonies ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Bristol → hasBuilding → Wills Memorial Building ⓘ
Bristol → hasLandmark → Wills Memorial Building ⓘ
University of Bristol → hasLibrary → Wills Memorial Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wills Memorial Library