University of Nottingham Halls of Residence
The halls acts a microcosms of the university at large and provide a community-level forum for the interaction of undergraduates, postgraduates and senior academics.
Beeston, Lenton, Lincoln, Derby, Rutland, Sherwood, Newark, Southwell, Ancaster and Melton halls fall into the former category; Hugh Stewart, Cripps, Cavendish, Nightingale, Florence Boot, Wortley and Willoughby into the latter.
[citation needed] Notable alumni Cavendish Hall (52°56′10″N 1°12′20″W / 52.9361°N 1.2055°W / 52.9361; -1.2055) provides accommodation for 278 students.
The hall surrounds a lawn quadrangle, with its own rose garden and is reached via a bridge over a grass moat.
Cripps Hall was designed by the architects Donald McMorran and George Whitby, and is Grade II listed[3] (one of only relatively few post-war buildings to be given such status).
Built around traditional quads, the Dining Hall is notable in being wood-panelled with several paintings of former Wardens above it a Library and functional bell tower.
This brings the total number of rooms to 368, making it the largest catered hall on the University Park campus.
[4] The Cripps Hall Trust (Registered Charity No: 528348[5]) exists to support existing and past members of Cripps Hall through the provision of travel scholarships to encourage personal development and benefits to the wider community, discretionary grants for additional Hall facilities, support for cases of individual hardship, and on-going membership / communication services.
The hall, completed in 1963, was designed by the New Zealand architect, Brian O'Rorke, in classical style around a central quad.
The hall is named after Hugh Stewart (1884–1934), who was Principal of University College Nottingham from 1929 until his death.
He is also Warden of Lenton & Wortley and Cripps Halls, and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering.
The crest is believed to be designed around the conception of the halls and has the Latin motto "Desiderium nostrum servire", which translates to "Our desire to serve".
The rectangular lower court consists of 12 self-contained accommodation blocks, each named after places found in the county of Lincolnshire.
The upper court features the dining hall, the Coveney Library, the Senior Common Room and the gatehouse, all enclosing a circular lawn.
Two gilded herons, the Hall's emblem, adorn the wrought iron gates leading to the park.
The Hall was one of the first to offer students 'large study bedroom' accommodation in September 2007, in which the rooms are fitted with three-quarter sized beds and a mini fridge; this is now common across all of University Park.
The hall was designed by the architects J Fletcher Watson as part of the 1960s expansion programme on University Park.
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.
For the first twenty-two years of its life, the warden was the late W. R. "Bunny" Chalmers; he was succeeded in 2006 by Prof. Antonino La Rocca.
2007 saw the addition of The Mix, now named Vesper, the largest of the 4 remaining hall bars on campus.
It provides accommodation for roughly 140 students in en-suite bedrooms and, along with the rest of the first stage of the campus, was designed by Sir Michael Hopkins.
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.
It houses about 200 students, and along with the rest of the first stage of the campus, was designed by Sir Michael Hopkins.
The halls have a single JCR committee, but this operates more along the lines of the entertainment committee of the Student Guild as it arranges activities for both the residents of Bonington Halls and those students studying at Sutton Bonington but living off campus.
The first intake of students were notably housed in hotels across the city until November 2018, as the building was not complete in time for the start of the academic year.
A JCR (junior common room) was added soon after opening, residents previously used facilities at Nightingale.
The basic equipment provided with a bedroom includes a bed (usually a half-double), wardrobe, bedside table, desk, chair, lamp, pinboard[citation needed] and mirror.
