Burwalls House, Leigh Woods
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Burwalls House, Leigh Woods
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 4 Mar 2019
Situated in a magnificent position overlooking Bristol this house was built for Joseph Leech, local newspaper baron, in 1872. He died there in 1893 and subsequently George Wills bought the house. George extended the house and his land holdings in the area and in 1908 donated Leigh Woods including Nightingale Valley and Burwalls Wood to the National Trust. The University bought it from the Trustees of his estate in 1948. It operated as a Hall of Residence until 1973 when it became the University’s Conference Centre. It has subsequently been sold and is now apartments. https://houseandheritage.org/2017/01/11/burwalls/
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Image Location
Latitude
51.453744
Longitude
-2.63045