Another of those large houses on the other side of the A30 where so much development has taken place its hard to know what is new and what is old!. Woodlands was a building used by the Music department in the latter part of the 70s with the department making use of this building and Wakehurst. The picture is a fairly recent one of a building which seems to be in the same location as in the campus plan and it does have a sign on it to say Woodlands.
Buildings: 1975-'79
This section is for the buildings that came into use between 1975 and 1979. The only major new building was 'The Arts Centre' which strangely never bore the name of one of the old professors or alumni. It was after my time so I will depend on others to provide some information on what it was like. The other buildings in this section are not new buildings but I can find no record of them being used until the latter part of the 70s. I have no pictures of several of these buildings am guessing at their precise location - I'm sure someone will be able to add some comments or background information.
As with so much of the material in this section there may well be a great deal of "fake information" included. This is not intentional and I'm hoping that someone who knows better than I will be able to provide more accurate information. If you have photos of any of the buildings or recognise the buildings from photos already on the site, please let me know - either by adding to the comments section or, better still, writing a replacement article that can be used to replace my drivel.
The campus plan here is from 1980.
Wakehurst appears to be one of three buildings linked together, with the other two in the group being Chevithorne & Mount Royal. These also seem to referred to (at times) as Wettons Terrace. Does anyone know what the history of these three buildings is - have they always been a single terrace of buildings or was Chevithorne a separate house at some point that has been extended?. Anyway, all three are linked together on the 1980 Campus guide and at some point I'll go and visit and see if I can learn more.
Work started on the new Arts Building in 1972 on the field between the old SU building and the Horton Laboratory. Work was completed in 1975 and the building was occupied by the English, Classics, History, French and German Departments which had been previously scattered but focused within Founders.