Sherwood Hall
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Sherwood Hall is a mixed undergraduate hall of residence on the University Park Campus of the University of Nottingham, England. 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 accomodation blocks, with a further accomodation 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. In 2004, the Warden was Dr Mark J Pearce.
The current JCR President is Edward 'Edd' Claringbold.
See also
External links
- Web page on Sherwood Hall (http://www.alumni.nottingham.ac.uk/Content/default.aspx?contentId=225&folderId=1&tabId=38) from Nottingham Alumni Online
- A 360 degree image of Sherwood Hall (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/360/students/university/sherwood_hall.shtml) from the BBC
References
- University of Nottingham (2002). It's the big four-O for Sherwood! (http://www.alumni.nottingham.ac.uk/Content/default.aspx?contentId=225&folderId=1&tabId=38). Retrieved June 3, 2005.