Standing at the top of Park Street the Wills Memorial Building is currently used by the university of Bristol and houses the School of Law and department of Earth Sciences.
The tower was built in the early 1900's and opened in 1925. It was built in memory of Henry Overton Wills by his sons.

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December 11, 2019

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The Wills Memorial Building was commissioned in 1912 by George Alfred Wills and Henry Herbert Wills, the magnates of the Bristol tobacco company W. D. & H. O. Wills, in …

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The Wills Memorial Building (also known as the Wills Memorial Tower or simply the Wills Tower) is a Neo Gothic building designed by Sir George Oatley and built as a …

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Location: City of Bristol, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Ashton Court Mansion – SS Great Britain loop from Bristol

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