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Goldney Hall The canal and Gothic tower. A folly, the tower is an extravagant example of an engine house for a water well pump, supplying the canal, fountain and grotto.. The Goldney family's influence in Bristol can be traced to 1637, when Thomas Goldney was sent by his father to Bristol from Chippenham in Wiltshire, to serve as an apprentice for seven years.
Goldney Hall's gothic tower. Goldney Hall is a self-catered hall situated in Clifton. [1] The Hall has gardens and follies which include an ornamental canal, gothic tower, [2] rotunda, [3] mock Bastion and a subterranean shell-lined grotto. [4] The Hall takes its name from the Goldney family who were a family of
The grotto, built at enormous expense by Goldney to entertain his wealthy friends, is today a Grade I listed building, one of originally six follies within the garden grounds, which today include a gothic tower which houses a steam pump produced at Coalbrookdale that was used to irrigate his estate. There is also a bastion, a rotunda and an ...
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In Clifton, Goldney Hall was built first in the early 18th century by the wealthy merchant Goldney family and eventually became part of the university in 1956. [136] It is a popular location for filming, with The Chronicles of Narnia, The House of Eliott and Truly, Madly, Deeply, as well as episodes of Only Fools and Horses and Casualty, being ...