A student by the main stairs of the Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol, Clifton, Bristol, England, during exams.
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Jamie Carstairs / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5095 x 3397 px | 43.1 x 28.8 cm | 17 x 11.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
30 May 2009Location:
Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol, England.More information:
The Wills Memorial Building was designed in 1912 by the architect George Oatley (1863-1950), who was later knighted for his work. The building contractors were Henry Willcock & Co of Wolverhampton. It was one of the last large buildings to be built in the UK using wooden scaffolding and the last great secular Gothic building constructed in Britain. It was paid for by George and Henry Wills (cigarette manufacturers) as a lasting memorial to their father, Henry Overton Wills III. Now Grade II* listed. Work was interrupted by the First World War and the W.M.B. was opened by King George V and Queen Mary on 9th June 1925. The impressive building is sometimes mistaken for Bristol's cathedral.