Norham St Edmund (NSE) – new student accommodation
A sustainable and holistic place to live and study during your time at Teddy Hall.
The College is proud to present our new 127 ensuite study room accommodation at Norham Gardens, based at our Norham St Edmund (NSE) site in North Oxford. The site comprises of three new buildings: the Villa, West House and Park House constructed to Passivhaus standard (the industry gold standard for energy efficiency) and a modernisation of the Victorian villa at number 17.
This new development is an expansion of NSE which is a mix of several Victorian villas and new buildings at Norham Gardens, housing undergraduates and postgraduate students, and is around a twenty minutes’ walk from the College. The area is quiet and leafy, and backs onto the beautiful University Parks. Teddy Hall students have been living on this site since as far back as 1980 and regard it as a second community hub for Hall life.
Sustainability exemplar
We have worked with award winning architects to create new buildings that are highly energy efficient due to using sustainably sourced and low-embodied carbon materials, solar panels and air source heat pumps. There will also be climate resilient, biodiverse outside spaces consisting of an ecology pond, landscaped gardens and lawns.
Who can live here?
Second-year and third year students will live in the new buildings: Villa, Park House and West House Norham Gardens, and fourth-years will reside at 17 Norham Gardens. You will live in six-to-eleven-person cluster flats with ensuites and kitchens, providing a comfortable and homely living area with views to the gardens and University Parks.
The new site also offers a spacious additional junior common room (JCR) for undergraduates and middle common room (MCR) for postgraduate students to study and socialise as well as laundry facilities, a tea point and a reception area. We will also provide five fully accessible rooms and one adapted for the ambulant disabled to make sure that every student has what they need to feel at home and thrive.
A quick look at NSE accommodation
Please note that the construction is still in progress but the drawings provide a visual of what the buildings will look like upon completion.