Wantage Hall

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wantage Hall, built 1908, is the oldest hall of residence at the University of Reading. It is believed to be the first purpose-built hall outside Oxford and Cambridge, and is designed in the Oxford college style; with a clock tower and a lawned quadrangle. The hall was donated by Lady Harriet Wantage in memory of her husband Lord Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage. The hall is in the town of Reading in the UK. The displayed motto "Astra castra, Numen lumen" (the stars are my camp, the deity my light) is that of the Knights of the Maccabees. The hall is situated just off the University's Whiteknights Campus, twenty minutes walk from the town centre, ten minutes from the University library and five minutes from the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Christchurch Green, with shops and buses to the town, is nearby.