Churchill Hall

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Churchill Hall is one of the halls of residence located in the Stoke Bishop site of the University of Bristol. It houses around 350 undergraduate students. ==Layout-- Churchill Hall is split into blocks, or 'houses' as they are more formally known. (A - R & Holmes).

Blocks A-K were built in the early 50s, in two phases, around a large split level quadragle. The main block (K) houses a library/reading room, bar, table tennis room, piano room, dining hall, computer room, laundrette, the porters lodge, and the largest Junior Common Room in terms of floorspace of the Stoke Bishop Halls.

Blocks M-R are the 'new' blocks. These feature significantly smaller rooms than those around old quad, yet share a bathroom inbetween every two rooms, and large communal kitchen space. The "oversupply" of bathrooms means the corridors often suffer from a damp problem. As part of the 'new block' redevelopment, a new student building, the "hexagon", was added. This is a small building at the back of the main block which currently houses a Queen Anne snooker table.

The 'old' blocks are joined together in various formations. AB and IJ form two opposing self contained large 'houses'. These blocks have the largest rooms apart from the Holmes Mansion. They are the only rooms to have washbasins. Bathrooms are between 6 people per floor. CDE and FGH form longer "blocks" with rooms the same size as AB/IJ only without the washbasins, which are proided instead n shared bathrooms between 12 people per floor. All Old Blocks are linked by a service shaft/tunnel network carrying plumbing and cabling. They all contain small kitchenettes with Microwaves, Fridge Freezers and a Sink. They also contain Washrooms on the top floors.

The Holmes is a large Victorian mansion house of historical interest. It sits within the University botanical gardens opposite the hall, and houses mostly JCR members and non first-years. The rooms vary in size but tend to be considerably larger, by up to about 4 or 5 times, than even old block rooms. It formerly belonged to Wills Hall.

The hall used to contain two other Victorian residences, Waltham and Claverton Cottages, Claverton having since become the Warden's Residence and Waltham now part of the Botanic Gardens.

The hall is a catered hall, and is noted for its higher than average intake of sportsmen/sportswomen.

The current warden of Churchill Hall is Dr. Alan Rump