The Dower House, Stoke Park
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The Dower House, Stoke Park
is a building in Bristol
, England
. It is one Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on a hill above the M32 motorway
on the main approach into the city, and painted yellow.
The house was built in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley. It has also been used as Pur Down Hospital and the Burden Neurological Institute.
The house closed as a hospital in 1985, and has since been converted into flats.
Stoke Park, Bristol
Stoke Park is a public open space of in Bristol, England. It occupies a prominent position alongside the M32 motorway, together with the landmark Dower House and Purdown transmitter....
is a building in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is one Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on a hill above the M32 motorway
M32 motorway
The M32 is a motorway in South Gloucestershire and Bristol, England. It provides a link from Bristol city centre to the M4 and is part of the Bristol Parkway. At about , it is one of Britain's shortest motorways...
on the main approach into the city, and painted yellow.
The house was built in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley. It has also been used as Pur Down Hospital and the Burden Neurological Institute.
The house closed as a hospital in 1985, and has since been converted into flats.