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Lenton Fields House
It is believed that Lenton Fields House was built by Matthew Needham who already lived nearby at Lenton House. The property was erected in 1836 and the first occupant was Mrs Catherine Turner who established a boarding school there for the daughters of Unitarian parents. Her previous school had operated in a building on Park Row, Nottingham. Mrs Turner eventually retired and the school was then run by several different women but by 1861 the property had been acquired by Henry Haddon, a Nottingham hosiery manufacturer. In 1867 Haddon sold Lenton Fields House to James Holwell Lee J.P. of the firm Lee and Gee, also in the business of hosiery manufacture. When Lenton Fields House was first built its associated land consisted of less than five acres. Lee increased the size of the estate following the purchase of a portion of land from the Lenton Abbey estate. The Lenton Fields property was bought and sold by a number of different individuals over the next few decades. In 1907 Richard Granger, a lace manufacturer, bought the property. He and his family then lived there for some twenty years. Granger acquired some additional lands in 1917 some of which would later be used as the site for the Nightingale Hall of Residence. In 1927 Granger sold the property to Stephen Cecil Armitage, a Nottingham solicitor. After some twenty years residing at Lenton Fields House the Armitage family moved to Hawksworth Manor. Whereupon the whole of 16½ acres that now made up the Lenton Fields estate along with the house itself were sold to University College, Nottingham for £16,000 in May 1946.
For a brief period Lenton Fields House was used to house university academic staff but then after the building underwent modification from Autumn 1950 onwards it provided accommodation for twenty-one students. The building is now occupied by the Playcentre, which provides childcare for University staff and students.
Photographs - Lenton Fields House
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Aerial View of Lenton Fields House - 2022 |
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Lenton Fields and garden as it looked on the 1881 Ordnance Survey map. |
A view of Lenton Fields House, taken by Mark Somerfield in October 2007, which is found on the Historic England website. The site indicates that the property is a Grade II listed building which status was conferred on it in July 1972. |
Also taken by Mark Somerfield in October 2007 this is also to be found on the Historic England website. Click here to be taken to this relevant webpage on this site. |
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Florence Nightingale Hall
Nightingale Hall of Residence was designed by T.C. Howiit, who also designed the Portland Building and was also responsible for the Council House in Nottingham. It provides accommodation for 150 students and was opened in 1950. It was, of course, named after the nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale. Until 2000, the hall was all female but is now mixed.
Photographs - Florence Nightingale Hall
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Aerial View of Florence Nightingale Hall - 2022 |
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This image is taken from picture postcard featuring Florence Nightingale Hall. Given the row of trees are little more than saplings the photograph must have been taken in the very early 1950s. |
If the previous image was taken in the early 1950s this image also from a picture postcard of Florence Nightingale Hall probably dates from the 1960s or even 1970s. |
The architect's brief for Florence Nightingale Hall also included a set of two-storey properties which would provide accommodation for some of the staff attached to the Hall. These can be seen on the right of the photograph. |
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Given the trees are little more than saplings in this image also taken from a picture postcard this photograph must also have been taken in the early 1950s. |
This image which was reproduced as a picture postcard shows a communal lounge in the Hall. |
An equivalent modern-day shot of one of the communal lounges in Florence Nightingale Hall. Image taken from the 'Accommodation Options' found on the University of Nottingham's own website. |
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Also to be found on the 'Accommodation Options' to be found on the University of Nottingham's own website is this modern-day photograph of the hall's own dining room. |
Taken in October 2012 this photograph taken by Matt Buck offers us a view of part of the grounds attached to Nightingale Hall. |
This image of Nightingale Hall can be found on Matt Buck's Flickr account. Click here to be taken to his site. The photograph was taken in November 2007. |
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Mike Buck took this photograph of the main entrance to Nightingale Hall in September 2004. |
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