Dalton-Ellis Hall is a hall of residence complex at the

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, England. It is situated in the south of the city on Conyngham Road in Victoria Park, next to St Chrysostom's Church. It is close to

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. Dalton-Ellis has 279 male and female residents in catered accommodation. The hall admits both

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students; most are undergraduate first years. The complex comprises several residential blocks built at various stages. They include the

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Main Hall, the first purpose-built hall of residence in England, opened in 1882, the Nield Wing extension to Main Hall, Fiddes, Graham, Ewings, and Sutherland built in 1994. Dalton-Ellis Hall has a second Grade II listed block, Eaglesfield, which is not currently in use. Sunnyside houses the complex's library and music rooms and other facilities include a squash court, tennis courts, croquet lawn, and a bar. There is a

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and a reading room. The hall also has a history of sporting success fielding rugby, hockey, netball, cricket, football and croquet teams.

History

The Dalton-Ellis Hall complex is a product of the merger of Dalton Hall and Ellis Llwyd Jones Hall in 1987. The history of the separate halls goes back to the 19th century.

Dalton Hall

Dalton Hall was founded by the

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in 1876 as accommodation for students from a Quaker background attending

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, the forerunner to the University of Manchester. It was named after

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, a scientist and Quaker in the city. At the time Owens College was one of only two institutions in the country to admit

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.John Dalton: Exhibition
/ref> The hall moved to the building currently used as Dalton-Ellis's Main Hall in 1882. The building, like the neighbouring St Chrysostom's Church was designed by George T Redmayne. In 1892 the large Victorian house now known as Eaglesfield was bought to increase the hall's capacity. In the early years of the 20th century, its capacity was increased with the addition of the Nield Wing extension to Main Hall, which contained more rooms and a Junior Common Room. Dalton Hall became a university hall of residence in 1958. Although the original intention was to admit both men and women, once the university started to admit women, this proposal was dropped and Dalton Hall remained a male only hall until it merged with Ellis Llywd Jones Hall in 1987. Between February and September of 2023, internal decoration of Graham and Ewings were refurbished.

Ellis Llwyd Jones Hall

Ellis Llwyd Jones Hall was founded in 1919 as a female only hall. The hall was originally built in

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, but was moved brick by brick to Victoria Park in 1981. It was named after Ellis Llwyd Jones, son of Sir James Jones who donated the hall to the university in memory of his son.

Gallery

File:Dalton Ellis 2.jpg, Main Hall File:2018 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Eaglesfield.jpg, Eaglesfield File:2017 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Nield Wing.jpg, Nield Wing File:2018 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Sunnyside Library.jpg, Sunnyside File:2018 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Dining Hall.jpg, Dining Hall File:2018_UoM_Dalton-Ellis_Hall,_Main_Hall.jpg, Car park

Ewings Block

File:2016 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Ewings.jpg, Ewings exterior File:2016 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Ewings Room Interior.jpg, Room interior File:2016 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Ewings Shared Toilet.jpg, Shared toilet

Sutherland Block

File:2019 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Sutherland.jpg, Sutherland exterior File:2019 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Sutherland Staircase.jpg, Staircase File:2019 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Sutherland Room Interior-1.jpg, Room interior File:2019 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Sutherland Corridor.jpg, Corridor view File:2019 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Sutherland Bathroom.jpg, Private bathroom File:2019 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Sutherland Kitchen-1.jpg, Shared kitchen File:2019 UoM Dalton-Ellis Hall, Sutherland Common Room.jpg, Common room

References

External links

Dalton Ellis Hall - University of Manchester Accommodation Website

Dalton Ellis Hall - University of Manchester Conference Facilities WebsiteDalton Ellis Hall article at WikispectusDalton-Ellis Hall archives
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