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Newsom Place, Hatfield Road, ST. ALBANS, AL1 3GQ

A tied cottage provided for the Parks Superintendent. His office is the small room to the left

The plaque records that from 1950 to 1959 this was the home of Professor Stephen Hawking (1942-2018), "Theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author". This private property was photographed from the street.

This view is from Manor Road. Old maps show that by the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries this area (bounded by Lemsford Road, Manor Road, St Peter's Road and Hatfield Road) was filling up with large detached houses with large gardens. Ian Capper refers to it in 2021 as the Oaklands College site Image His photo illustrates partial redevelopment that was completed in 2011. Construction works observed in 2023 suggest that even that is being replaced by blocks in the style shown above. Aerial photos show about 20 such blocks across the whole site.

A development of studios and apartments on part of the Oaklands College site off Lemsford Road, completed in 2011. On the right is Winchester Court, with Queens Court in the background.

The way to the underground parking, between Blackfriars Court and Whitley Court. Old maps show that by the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries this area (bounded by Lemsford Road, Manor Road, St Peter's Road and Hatfield Road) was filling up with large detached houses with large gardens. Ian Capper refers to it in 2021 as the Oaklands College site Image : Newsom Place. His photo illustrates partial redevelopment that was completed in 2011. Construction works observed in 2023 suggest that even that is being replaced by blocks in the style shown above. Aerial photos show about 20 such blocks across the whole site.

A development of studios and apartments on the Oaklands College site off Lemsford Road, completed in 2011. Whilst some of the buildings are new-build, some were conversions of the original 1950s college buildings, as here, and these are grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1392956. In the centre is Medd Court, with the new-build Trinity Court beyond.

The entry from Manor Road. Old maps show that by the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries this area (bounded by Lemsford Road, Manor Road, St Peter's Road and Hatfield Road) was filling up with large detached houses with large gardens. Ian Capper refers to it in 2021 as the Oaklands College site Image : Newsom Place. His photo illustrates partial redevelopment that was completed in 2011. Construction works observed in 2023 suggest that even that is being replaced by blocks in the style shown above. Aerial photos show about 20 such blocks across the whole site.

A block in a development of studios and apartments on part of the Oaklands College site off Manor Road, completed in 2011. To its right is part of Tunbridge Court, a redevelopment of one of the original buildings on the site (see Image).

A development of studios and apartments on the Oaklands College site off Lemsford Road, completed in 2011. Whilst some of the buildings are new-build, some were conversions of the original 1950s college buildings, as here, and these are grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1392956. In the centre is Medd Court, with Platt Court on the far left and Martin Court on the far right.

Redevelopment of one of the existing buildings on the Oaklands College site, in contrast to the modern new build of studios and apartments elsewhere on the site (see Image for example).