Devonshire Royal Hospital Devonshire Royal Hospital The Devonshire Royal Hospital building (now popularly known as the Devonshire Dome) is a Grade II* listed 18th-century former stable block in Buxton, Derbyshire. It was built by John Carr of York and extended by architect Robert Rippon Duke, who added what was then the world's largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of . It is now the site of the Devonshire campus of the University of Derby. Built between 1780 and 1789, the original building was designed by John Carr of York for William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. Octagonal in shape, it housed up to
University of Nottingham Halls of Residence university. Lenton, Lincoln, Derby, Rutland, Sherwood, Newark, Southwell, Ancaster and Melton halls fall into the former category; Hugh Stewart, Cripps, Cavendish, Nightingale, Florence Boot, Wortley, and Willoughby into the latter. All halls of residence on University Park Campus are of mixed sex undergraduate type. Ancaster Hall () provides accommodation for about 270 students. and the current warden is Professor Svenja Adolphs. Notable alumni Cavendish Hall () provides accommodation for 278 students. The hall is named after the Cavendish family, or more specifically the Duke of Devonshire. The hall surrounds a lawn quadrangle with its own rose garden, and is reached