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This is a list of the halls of residence at University College London in London, England.

Ramsay Hall

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Ramsay Hall is a building located in London used primarily as a hall of residence for students of University College London.

History

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The building was designed by Maxwell Fry. It opened for Autumn term, 1964.[1] It is situated on Maple Street in central London, on the border of Fitzrovia and Bloomsbury and around one hundred metres from Tottenham Court Road.[2] The building is located within the Bloomsbury Conservation Area.[2] It occupies the same block as, and forms a single unified building with, the YMCA Indian Student Hostel designed by Ralph Tubbs and was constructed at the same time.[1] The building contains around 450 bedrooms, a dining hall and a number of common rooms and surrounds a central courtyard.[2] In 2008 the building received a major refurbishment and an 8-storey extension containing 91 rooms was added, at a total cost of £8 million.[3] The architects for the project were Levitt Bernstein and it won a Camden Building Excellence Award in 2009.[3][4] The new extension was subsequently awarded a BREEAM 'very good' rating.[3] In 2010 a further 10 bedrooms were added to the building.[5] In 2018 further renovation work occurred, focusing particularly on upgrading the common lounge.

In 2019, it was filmed for Edgar Wright's psychological horror film Last Night in Soho as Eloise's (Thomasin McKenzie) former residential hall for the London College of Fashion, where she shared a room with her snobby roommate Jocasta.[6]

Residents

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Notable former residents include all four members of the British band Coldplay, who met whilst living at the hall.[7][8]

Another famous resident of Ramsay hall is filmmaker and director Christopher Nolan. He studied English literature at UCL and was a member of the film society there.

Hostel

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Outside of UCL term time the building serves as a hostel.[9][10][11] There are numerous images of the building within the Courtauld Institute of Art's Conway Collection.[12]

James Lighthill House

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James Lighthill House is located on Penton Rise near the Pentonville Road intersection. It contains 209[13] single en suite rooms across a large main block and a smaller 'lodge' in the courtyard. All flats are self-catered[14] and share a communal kitchen cleaned once a week by staff. There is a laundrette on site and a large common room with an air-hockey table. The closest London Underground stations to the halls are King's Cross St Pancras and Angel.

History

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James Lighthill House and Paul Robeson House, another hall of residence for the School of Oriental and African Studies, are both on the site of a former steel-stockbroking depot, owned and operated by Macready's Metal Co. Ltd.[15] The original warehouse, built in 1935, was designed by M. Stanley Blanchfield of Raynes Park.

The current building was designed by the British architectural design firm Levitt Bernstein on the site of an existing hall of residence.[16] It has a wave-shaped façade to allow light inside more easily, while maintaining privacy.[17] The building was opened in 2007.

Sir Michael James Lighthill, FRS (1924–1998) was an applied mathematician who is known for his pioneering work in the field of aeroacoustics. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a chair he held until 1979, when he was succeeded by Stephen Hawking. Lighthill then became Provost of University College London, a post he held until 1989. James Lighthill House is named in his honour.

Nutford House

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Nutford House in Marble Arch was built in 1916 and was acquired by the University of London in 1949, after which it was expanded to take in five terraced houses in Brown Street, known as the Annexe and one house in Seymour Place. Accommodation is provided for 199 men and women students in 157 single and 21 twin rooms. No smoking is permitted in the hall.

Nutford House has a total of 156 single rooms, and 21 shared rooms across the main hall, annexe and Seymour Place. The warden for many years was the sole surviving relative of Howard Carter (archaeologist), the discoverer of Tutankhamun's tomb and signed the death certificate (last seen on display at the 1992 British Museum's exhibit of Howard Carter's career before Tutankhamun).

The Hall has a TV room, a common room, a games room, a music room, a study room, a bicycle shed and a small private garden usually open from 9 a.m. till 10:30 p.m. The Hall also has a two laundry rooms (one in the Main House, one in the Annexe) and a number of small tea kitchens.

Others

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  • Arthur Tattersall House (115–131 Gower Street)[18]
  • Astor College (99 Charlotte Street)[19]
  • Campbell House East and West (Taviton Street)[20][21]
  • Goldsmid House (36 Gillingham Street)[22]
  • Ifor Evans & Max Rayne Student Residences (109 Camden Road)[23]
  • Frances Gardner House and Langton Close (Gray's Inn Road)[24][25]
  • John Adams Hall (15-23 Endsleigh Street)[26]
  • John Tovell House (89 & 93–7 Gower Street)[27]
  • John Dodgson House (Bidborough Street)[28]
  • New Hall (465 Caledonian Road)[29]
  • One Pool Street (1 Pool Street)[30]
  • Prankerd House (195 North Gower Street)[31]
  • Ramsay Hall and Ian Baker House Student Residences (Maple Street)[32][33]
  • Schafer House Student Residence (Drummond Street)[34]
  • St Pancras Way (11-13 St Pancras Way)[35]
  • Canterbury Hall, Commonwealth Hall, College Hall, Connaught Hall, Hughes Parry Hall and International Hall near Russell Square in Bloomsbury
  • Lillian Penson Hall in Paddington[36]

There is limited UCL accommodation available for married students and those with children at Bernard Johnson House, Hawkridge, Neil Sharp House and the University of London's Lilian Penson Hall.[37]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Ramsay Hall". University College London. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "Student Housing - Levitt Bernstein". Levitt Bernstein. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Camden focus on quality construction". No. 51. Site Lines. Winter 2009. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Everything about University College London".[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "'Last Night in Soho' filming locations: Where was the movie filmed?". 22 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Hours of Idleness". The Guardian. 13 September 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2011. Coldplay came together in Ramsay Hall, a dour student barracks, lodged primly among Fitzrovia's numerous knocking shops, with canteen food of legendary awfulness.
  8. ^ "You might not believe it, but that gown is so rock'n'roll". Times Higher Education. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  9. ^ Terrance Zepke (2002), The Encyclopedia of Cheap Travel: 1,000 Companies, Consolidators, Agencies, and Resources, London, UK: Six Star Publishing, ISBN 0-7414-0841-4, retrieved 15 March 2011
  10. ^ Sandra Gustafson (1994), Cheap sleeps in London: the savvy traveler's guide to the best accommodations at the best prices, London, UK: Chronicle Books, ISBN 0-8118-2781-X, retrieved 15 March 2011
  11. ^ "On a Budget; How to Hold Onto Pounds in London". Los Angeles Times. 30 April 2000. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011. ... such as the modern Ramsay Hall at 20 Maple St. .... This modern, 462-room complex is positioned ideally for the West End theater district, Oxford and Regent streets and the British Museum. There are no baths in the rooms, but the price is right: $36 to $39 per person, with breakfast
  12. ^ "University of London, Ramsay Hall and Indian Y.M.C.A." The Courtauld Institute of Art. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  13. ^ "James Lighthill House". University College London, UK. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  14. ^ "James Lighthill House, Finsbury, London". London University Rooms, UK. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  15. ^ English Heritage (2008). Temple, Philip (ed.). Northern Clerkenwell and Pentonville: Survey of London, Volume 47. Yale University Press. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-300-13937-2.
  16. ^ "UCL, London, United Kingdom: Digs with a difference". World Architecture News. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  17. ^ Smith, Alex (13 June 2007). "Levitt Bernstein's student housing makes waves in Islington". Building.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  18. ^ "Arthur Tattersall House". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Astor College". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Campbell House East". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Campbell House West". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Goldsmid House". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  23. ^ "Ifor Evans Hall". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  24. ^ "Frances Gardner House". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  25. ^ "Langton Close". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  26. ^ "John Adams Hall". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  27. ^ "John Tovell House". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  28. ^ "John Dodgson House". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  29. ^ "New Hall". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  30. ^ "One Pool Street". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  31. ^ "Prankerd House". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  32. ^ "Ramsay Hall". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  33. ^ "Ian Baker House". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  34. ^ "Schafer House". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  35. ^ "St Pancras Way". UCL Accommodation. University College London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  36. ^ "Lillian Penson Hall" (PDF). University of London. University of London. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  37. ^ "Accommodation". University College London. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
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