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Florence Boot Hall
By 1928 Sir Jesse Boot (later Lord Trent) had paid for all the buildings so far on the new campus. It was then realised that no provision had yet been made for student residences. Boot's chief architect for the University College scheme, Percy Richard Morley-Horder, was commissioned to draw up plans for a residential hall for eighty female students. This was located at the western end of the campus on land that Boot had already given to the college in 1926. The cost of building the hall was paid by Boot's wife, Lady Florence Boot - hence the choice of name for the Hall. The building is supposed to have been completed by late 1928.
Photographs - Florence Boot Hall
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Aerial View of Florence Boot Hall - 2022 |
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The entrance to Florence Boot Hall is located on Florence Boot Close which is located opposite the junction of Cut Through Lane and Jubilee Avenue.
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These are the floor plans drawn up by Percy Richard Morley-Horder. This shows the extent of the buildings as they looked in 1928. These plans were taken from the Maber Architects' website. |
A photograph taken soon after the building was finished and first occupied by female students who can be both outside and looking out the building from the balconies and the windows. |
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An undated picture postcard showing Florence Boot Hall viewed from the south. |
This photograph also taken from Maber Architects' website shows the main entrance to the building taken from Florence Boot Close looking back towards Cut Through Lane. |
The internal garden area within the Florence Boot Hall complex. Photograph taken from the Design MEP website. |
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The original copy of this photograph taken by David Lally in October 2007 can be found on the Wikimedia Commons website.. The view of the Florence Boot Hall is taken from the Beeston end of University Boulevard. The buildings on the right were added in the 1970s from plans drawn up by the architect F.S. Eales in 1972. |
During the first half of the 2020s Florence Boot Hall underwent a major refurbishment project. This is one of the proposed images for a communal area taken from Maber Architects' website. |
The Dining Room at Florence Boot Hall. Photograph taken from The University of Nottingham Accommodation website. |
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Another view taken from western end of the campus taken by Matt Buck in May 2008. The original can be found on the Wikimedia Commons website. |
Viewed from just inside Highfields Park with the old, abandoned paddling pool in the foreground this photograph was taken by Alan Murray-Rust in January 2008. The original can also be found on the Wikimedia Commons website. |
The open expanse of grass stretching from Florence Boot Hall to the Beeston end of University Boulevard while under snow. Image taken by Matt Buck in March 2013. The original can be found on the Wikimedia Commons website. |
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