The College contains Lark Hill House , which was built in 1797 as a private house for Samuel Horrocks , a cotton manufacturer and later Mayor and Member of Parliament for Preston . In 1919 it became Lark Hill Convent Grammar school , which began taking sixth form students in 1967 from other local Catholic Secondary Schools .
It finally became Cardinal Newman College in 1978 , when it merged with Winckley Square Convent School and Preston Catholic College , taking its name from Cardinal John Henry Newman .
Over the years , the College has expanded , with approximately £ 16 million worth of investment in stateof-the-art facilities , which perfectly combine the old with the new . In 2009 we saw the addition of the St Cecilia Building and St Augustine ’ s Building in 2010 , which was renovated and refurbished to house classrooms , drama / dance studios , as well as the original sports facilities .
2015 saw the addition of yet another new building in the form of St Francis , which opened in the September , and is home to new classrooms for Sociology and Maths as well as Open Learning Centres , Seminar rooms and a Mango Bean Coffee shop with social space .
A further addition to the College ’ s already outstanding facilities , was opened in October 2016 in the form of a brand new state-of-the-art gym in the St Augustine ’ s building . This was accompanied by a complete refurbishment of the social space and café area of the St Augustine ’ s building which opened in September 2016 .
For more details of our College facilities , please visit www . cardinalnewman . ac . uk
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