University of Nottingham Halls of Residence
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This is a list of halls of residence on the various campuses of the University of Nottingham in Nottingham, England.
Ancaster Hall (also known as 'Ancy' or 'Wankaster') is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence. It provides accommodation for about 270 students. In 2005 the warden was Svenja Adolphs. [Ancaster Hall JCR]
Cavendish Hall (also known as 'Cav') is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence. It provides accommodation for about 279 students. The hall is named after the Cavendish family. In 2004, the Warden was Dr M M Daly. He was involved in an embarrassing scandal when he was caught in carnal relations with a goat. Mr Daly was forced to pay quite a steep dowry and marry the goat by the animal's owner. As of 2005, Cavendish Hall JCR is one of the two JCRs (the other being the Nightingale Hall)on the University Park Campus that is formally recognised as an association of the Students' Union.The JCR president for the academic year 2005/06 is Robert Barns-Graham, the Vice-President is Andrew Kaufman. In 2006/07 the president will be Dominic Thomas and the Vice-President will be Simon Lea-Wilson.[Cavendish Hall JCR].
Cripps Hall is the fourth largest hall on campus, providing accommodation for just over 300 students. The hall is named after its benefactor, Sir Cyril Cripps. It opened in 1959, and was originally all male, but has been mixed sex since 2000. Cripps Hall was designed by the architects Donald McMorran and George Whitby, and is a grade II listed building (one of only relatively few post-war buildings to be given such status, and the only listed Hall on Campus). Cripps Hall has a perennial rivalry with its neighbour Hugh Stewart Hall. In 2004, the Warden was Dr. K. C. Lowe. [Cripps Hall JCR]
Derby Hall provides Accommodation for just over 300 students. The hall is named after the local city of Derby. The hall, completed in 1963, was designed by the New Zealand architect, Brian O'Rourke, in classical style, around a central quad. In 2005, the Warden was Professor Charles Watkins. [Derby Hall JCR]
Florence Boot Hall (often known as FB) provides accommodation for just under 200 students. The hall is named after Florence Boot, the wife of Jesse Boot, First Lord Trent, a major benefactor to the University. It was opened in 1928. It was originally all female, but has been mixed sex since 2000. In 2004, the Warden was Gordon Airey. [Florence Boot JCR]
-->Hugh Stewart Hall (also known as Hu Stu) is the largest hall on campus, providing accommodation for around 347 students. The hall is named after Hugh Stewart (1884-1934) who was Principal of University College Nottingham from 1929-1934. Until 2000 the hall was all male, but it is now mixed. The oldest part of Hugh Stewart Hall was originally called Lenton Hall, and was built in about 1804, as a home for the Nottingham banker John Wright. The hall was extended in 1937, at which time it was renamed Hugh Stewart. It was extended again in 1969. The Hall's Acting Warden is Ms Stacy Johnson, who in September 2005 took over from archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson after he unexpectedly had to resign due to academic commitments, after being warden for only a year. He was preceded by Dr. Don Rees who had been Warden of the hall for 29 years.
Hugh Stewart has a long-standing rivalry with its neighbour, Cripps Hall. The hall has the only bar on campus not run by the university's central company, Nottingham Hospitality (formerly CRS, or Catering and Residential Services). This allows the hall to enjoy lower bar prices and weekly formal dinners, although this situation is under pressure from the university[Hugh Stewart Hall JCR]
Lenton and Wortley Hall is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence. It provides accommodation for just over 300 students. The hall results from the amalgamation of two previous halls of residence, Lenton Hall and Wortley Hall, named after the local districts of Lenton and Wortley. In 2004, the Warden was Mr William Hooker. [Lenton & Wortley Association]. [Lenton and Wortley Hall].
Lincoln Hall is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence. It provides accommodation for about 221 students. The hall is named after the nearby East Midlands city of Lincoln. In 2004, the Warden was Mrs. J. Wright. It is one of the smallest halls on campus.
Nightingale Hall (also known as Florence Nightingale Hall) is the smallest hall of residence on campus with accommodation for around 150 students. The hall opened in 1950, and was refurbished in 1998. It is named after the nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, and originally stored the university's collection of documents and memorabilia associated with her, although this is now stored in the Hallward Library. Until 2000 the hall was all female, but it is now mixed. In 2004 to the present, the Warden is Dr Glenn McDowell and the Hall President is Mr Douglas Tan who will be serving as hall president until the summer of 2007 having been recently re-elected.[Nightingale Hall Web Site]
Rutland Hall provides accommodation for 260 students. It has three floors and is divided into ten blocks, A-J. It is named for the Duke of Rutland. The hall was originally opened in 1964 as part of a large expansion of the university during that period. By the 1990s, it was clear that more accommodation was needed. Therefore, in 1993, a new, en suite wing was built — K Block. The building was completely refurbished in the summer of 1999. A particularly notable feature of the building is the unusual shape of its library, which is an octagon. It also has a perennial rivalry with its neighbour, Sherwood Hall.
Sherwood Hall is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence. It provides accommodation for about 267 students. The hall is named after Sherwood Forest, and was designed by the architects J Fletcher Watson as part of the 1960s expansion programme on University Park. Building work started in March 1963 and the hall opened, as a male hall of residence, in October 1964.
Sherwood Hall was designed as an interpretation of the traditional collegiate quadrangle, but using contemporary forms and materials. A distinctive feature is the white painted shiplap weatherboarding, which gives the hall something of a North American feel. As originally built, the hall had a single quadrangle of accommodation blocks, with a further accommodation block and the main hall and library forming a second, but open-ended, court. Subsequent extensions have transformed this into a second quadrangle.
For the first twenty-two years of its life, the warden was the late “Bunny” Chalmers. As of 2006 the current Warden is Dr Mark J Pearce and the current JCR President is John Irving. [Web page on Sherwood Hall] from Nottingham Alumni Online
Legendary alumni include Michael J Davies, there were two of these in one year you know, Jeremy Justice, the Hall Shop Manger, along with Ana-Rosa Collins [link]
Willoughby Hall is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence. It provides accommodation for around 260 students. The hall is named after the local Willoughby (or Willughby) family, whose family home Wollaton Hall is just across the road from the university. In 2005, the Warden was Professor Bernard McGuirk.
Melton Hall is a mixed postgraduate hall of residence, named after the local town of Melton. It provides accommodation for 149 students, and along with the rest of the first stage of the campus, was designed by Sir Michael Hopkins. In 2004 the warden was Dr. Gethin Roberts.
Newark Hall is an undergraduate hall of residence named after the local town of Newark, sharing its coat of arms and motto "Deo Fretus Erumpe" (lat.: "Trust in God and Sally Forth"). Housing about 400 students, this makes it the largest hall of residence in the University. As the rest of the campus, it was designed by Sir Michael Hopkins in the shape of an eight framing two quads surrounded by the building. Various people have pointed out that the name is an anagram of the word wanker.
Social life revolves around the Junior Common Room, who are responsible for organizing events for all residents. These tend to take place in the quads or large bar on the ground floor of the building. Formal dinners, hosted by the Warden, are also held at regular intervals througout the year. Since the start of the academic year of 2002, the Hall is lead by its Warden Dr. Fiona McCandless, supported by the rest of the Senior Common Room and Hall Management. During non-term time, the Hall caters for conferences and visitors to the University.
Southwell Hall is an undergraduate hall of residence named after the local town of Southwell. It houses about 200 students, and along with the rest of the first stage of the campus, was designed by Sir Michael Hopkins. [Southwell Hall JCR]. Southwell can be pronounced South-well or Suth-all. The hall has a perennial rivalry with the other undergraduate hall on campus, Newark Hall, which has led to many less than complimentary chants being made up.University Arranged Self-Catering Accommodation
Broadgate Park is a conglomeration of self-catering flats located just outside the West Entrance of University Park Campus, and is the largest site of University arranged accommodation, housing over 1500 students. The site is owned by UPP (Broadgate Park) Ltd. [Broadgate Park website]Raleigh Park is a self-catering hall, owned and operated by Derwent Living. It consists of five courts: Silitoe, Madison, Roddice, Byron and Chatterley. Silitoe, Roddice, Byron and Chatterley are comprised of flats whereas Madison Court includes both flats and houses. The bar at Raleigh Park is called the Beach Bar, run by an independent pub company specialising in student bars.
St. Peter's Court is a self catering hall, owned and managed by Unite, who run numerous other third party halls across the country. Recently extended it can now house over 800 students all with en suite rooms.
Cloister House is a self catering hall, owned and managed by UPP (Broadgate Park) Ltd. Housing almost 70 postgraduate students outside the south east corner of University Park in the Dunkirk area.
Albion House is a self catering hall, owned and managed by UPP (Broadgate Park) Ltd. Housing over 160 postgraduate students in Beeston.
Bonington Hall
Bonington Hall is owned by Opal Property Group and is the hall of residence for Sutton Bonington. It is a mixed sex hall holding both undergraduates and postgraduates. In reality (like much at Sutton Bonington) it is not really a standard university hall but a number of small separate ‘halls’ of varying age and design holding between 8 and 60 people, in addition to a shared dining room, laundry and bar. Bonington Hall holds approximately 350 students with an additional 300 student rooms due to be built by September 2006 by Ocon Construction. This will once again make it the university’s largest hall of residence (regaining the title from Jubilee's Newark hall). The hall has a JCR committee, but this operates more along the lines of the entertainment committee of the Student Guild (Sutton Bonington's version of the Union) arranging activities for both the residents of Bonington Hall and those students studying at Sutton Bonington but living off campus. The Halls on Sutton Bonington are named after local villages and are as follows:
- Kingston (The oldest hall), built just before the first world war and used to house German POWs during the war, until recently it was an all male hall.
- Normanton (originally built as an all female hall, and remained so until recently)
- Wymeswold
- Ratcliffe
- Rempston
- Kegworth
- Dishly
- Hathem
- Lockington
- Everton House (postgrad only house at the far end of the arboretum)
- St. Michaels Flats (used to house students with families, mainly international students)
Related Information
Campus 14 - A bar crawl around every hall bar on the University Park Campus
References
- University of Nottingham (2002). [It's the big four-O for Sherwood!]. Retrieved June 3, 2005.
External links
- [External views of many Nottingham dormitories]
- [Nottingham Hospitality at The University of Nottingham]
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