Dalton-Ellis Hall

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The "Main Hall" block at Dalton-Ellis

Inscription above the original main entrance to the hall. The inscription reads "Let knowledge grow from more to more but more of reverence in us dwell"

Dalton-Ellis Hall is a Hall of residence at the University of Manchester, Manchester, 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 Rusholme, home of the curry mile. Dalton-Ellis has around 400 male and female residents, around 300 of these being in catered accommodation and 100 being self-catered. The hall admits both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The hall comprises several named blocks built at various stages throughout the hall's history. These stretch from, the Grade II listed ^[1], Main Hall which was the first purpose-built Halls of residence in England, opened in 1882, through the Nield Wing extension to Main Hall, Sunnyside, Fiddes, Graham, Ewings, to the most recent Sutherland and Pankhurst Court that were built in 1994. Dalton Ellis also has a block (Eaglesfield, which is also Grade II listed), which is no longer used as a residential building; instead it has been converted into a social block. It includes 2 pianos, a drum kit, table tennis room and a TV area.

1 History
- 1.1 Dalton Hall
- 1.2 Ellis Llwyd Jones Hall
2 Facilities
3 Further reading
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Dalton-Ellis Hall itself is a relatively new hall, being a product of the merger of Dalton Hall and Ellis Llwyd Jones Hall in 1987. However, the history of the two separate halls goes back to the nineteenth century.

[edit] Dalton Hall

Dalton Hall was founded by the Quakers in 1876, and was named after John Dalton a scientist and Quaker in the city, as accommodation for students from a Quaker background attending Owens College, the forerunner to the University of Manchester. At the time, Owens College was one of only two institutions in the country to admit dissenters ^[2]. 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 G. T. Redmayne. It was the first purpose built hall of residence in England ^[3]. In 1892 the large Victorian house now known as Eaglesfield was bought to increase the hall's capacity. In the early years of the twentieth century the capacity was increased again 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 was later dropped and Dalton Hall remained a male only hall until the merger with Ellis Llywd Jones Hall in 1987.

[edit] Ellis Llwyd Jones Hall

Ellis Llwyd Jones Hall was founded in 1919, and throughout its existence was a female only hall. The hall was originally located in Old Trafford, but moved to Victoria Park in 1981. The hall was named after Ellis Llwyd Jones, the son of Sir James Jones who donated the hall to the university in memory of his son.

[edit] Facilities

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