The Lawns is a former student accommodation complex for the University of Hull, located in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

It comprised seven halls of residence (Ferens, Lambert, Nicholson, Morgan, Downs, Reckitt and Grant) and the Lawns Centre.

[1] With the exception of the older Ferens Hall, The Lawns was built in the 1960s to the designs of architectural firm Gillespie, Kidd and Coia.

The halls are Grade II* listed buildings, though the site was closed as student accommodation at the end of the 2018/2019 academic year.

The Lawns are set in 40 acres (16 ha) of landscaped parkland, the grounds of the former Cottingham Grange.

[2] Ferens is of a traditional rectangular 'Sandhurst block style' with the accommodation around three sides of a central lawn.

In 1961, Isi Metzstein and Andrew MacMillan of Glasgow-based firm Gillespie, Kidd and Coia were appointed to design accommodation for a further 1,000 students at The Lawns.

They designed a series of twelve halls, each comprising five blocks identified by the letters A to E, and accommodating approximately 140 residents.

[5][6][7][8][9][10] The Lawns was connected by bus services to the University and to the city centre at Hull Paragon Interchange.

Financial matters and conference responsibilities all passed to the relevant departments of the University and out of the hands of the wardens.

Pursuing a strategy of concentrating accommodation on its main campus, the University closed The Lawns and Ferens Hall in 2019, and placed the complex on the market in 2021.