Wills Hall
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Inside Old Quad as seen from centre lawn
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| University | University of Bristol |
| Location | Stoke Bishop, Bristol, England |
| Coordinates | 51°29′00″N 2°37′38″W / 51.483209°N 2.627198°WCoordinates: 51°29′00″N 2°37′38″W / 51.483209°N 2.627198°W |
| Motto | Pro Aris et Focis (Latin) |
| Motto in English | For our altars and our hearths |
| Founder | George Alfred Wills |
| Established | 1928 |
| Architect | Sir George Oatley |
| Warden | Robert Vilain |
| Residents | 330 |
| Website | www |
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Wills Hall is one of the nine halls of residence in the University of Bristol. Cresting the Stoke Bishop site on the edge of the Bristol Downs, in Parry's Lane, it houses 330 students in two quadrangles. The majority of these students are in their first year of study, but a number of students from other years stay on to contribute to hall life through the Junior Common Room or other groups.
The name of Wills Hall reflects the university-wide connection with the Wills family. The fortune made by their famous tobacco empire, W. D. & H. O. Wills and later Imperial Tobacco, enabled Henry Overton Wills III to fund the University's foundation in 1908 with a pledge of £100,000 and many of its finest buildings, such as the Wills Memorial Building. His son George Alfred Wills provided the money to build a hall of residence in memory of his brother Henry Herbert Wills. He originally planned to base the hall around Goldney Hall in Clifton, next to the existing hall of Clifton Hill House. However, the warden of the all-female Clifton Hill House felt that having so many young men so close to "her girls" would be a grave moral risk, and demanded that the new hall be sited at least two miles away. Thus Downside House in Stoke Bishop was purchased, and a quadrangle of accommodation blocks erected around it according to the design of Sir George Oatley. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building. A Latin inscription on the exterior of the dining hall dedicated the hall to Henry Herbert.
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