Description: The University College was built between 1877 and 1881 by Lockwood and Mawson, it closed 2 years later because of structural defects, and reopened in 1890. It originally house the public library, University College, technical and trade schools, and the Natural History Museum (now in Wollaton Hall). From its foundation in 1881, the University College came under the authority of the Nottingham Corporation and the College's management committee was controlled by the Town Council. (In 1906-1908 D H Lawrence was a student at the University College.) The University re-located to its present site between Lenton, Dunkirk and Beeston in 1928. In August 1948, the University College received the royal charter granting full University status and the power to confer its own degrees (prior to this date students at Nottingham received degrees from the University of London). Parts of the old University College buildings were then used as Nottingham Central Library before becoming what is today part of Nottingham Trent University.