Ashburne Hall


Ashburne Hall is a University of Manchester hall of residence for students on the Fallowfield Campus, situated south of the main university campus. The hall has catered accommodation offered to mainly undergraduate students, though some places are reserved for postgraduate students.

History

Ashburne Hall was founded in 1900 by Samuel Alexander, R. D. Darbishire, C. P. Scott and Alice B. Cooke as a hall of residence for women students. It was first located at Ashburne House in Victoria Park and remained there until the removal to "The Oaks" in 1910. The new site was on Wilmslow Road at the corner of Old Hall Lane, Fallowfield.
By 1930 the hall had been extended by new buildings and enriched by the bequest from Lord Morley of his personal library. At a later date Sheavyn House was built in the grounds and commemorates Dr Sheavyn who had been the third warden of the hall.
Ashburne Hall became a Grade II listed building on 8 June 2012.
In 2023 the was transferred to the University of Manchester Library. The archive contains many administrative documents, student publications, records and ephemera relating to student life at the Hall.
Norman Gillson is the current warden of Ashburne Hall.

Notable students