Summary

The University of Bristol’s Gothic tower on Park Street — one of the last great Gothic Revival buildings in England, completed 1925. Great Hall at 500-person capacity. From £2,100/session. Bristol’s most architecturally prominent academic interior.

About this location

The Wills Memorial Building is the tower that defines Bristol’s Park Street skyline — a Gothic Revival structure designed by Sir George Oatley and completed in 1925, built as a memorial to Henry Overton Wills III, benefactor of the University of Bristol. The Great Hall at 500-person capacity is one of the largest period academic interiors in the South West of England. The building’s interior — carved stone, hammer-beam-influenced ceilings, stained glass, the academic Gothic idiom of the early 20th century — is distinct from both medieval church interiors and Victorian civic halls. At £2,100/session the rate reflects the significance of the building and is appropriate for high-budget drama and commercial productions. Park Street and the area around the Victoria Rooms and Clifton Triangle give a specific Bristol academic exterior context.