A NEW retirement development coming soon to Bradford is to be named after a well-known local figure in Idle’s history.

McCarthy Stone has named the new development on Bradford Road as Jennings Grange, paying homage to Sir Robert Jennings, one of the best-known international lawyers of his generation.

Born in Idle, Sir Robert Jennings rose to prominence through academic success. He read history and law at Downing College, Cambridge, studied at Harvard and taught briefly at the London School of Economics before the Second World War. His war service was in military intelligence.

He also taught law in Cambridge, where he was elected as Whewell Professor of International Law at just 42 years old. In 1982, he was awarded a knighthood and later became president of the International Court of Justice in 1991.

In the Oxford Dictionary of National Biographies, his career was described as a ‘story of the unforeseeable, even improbable, advance to high position and worldwide reputation of a straightforward man of simple origins’.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: A CGI image of what the new Jennings Grange retirement development in Idle will look like.A CGI image of what the new Jennings Grange retirement development in Idle will look like. (Image: UGC)

With construction underway, the new addition to Idle will offer retirement apartments designed to support the over 60s.

Declan Fishwick, Business Development Manager at McCarthy Stone, said: “We’re thrilled to be honouring one of Idle’s famous sons through the naming of our new retirement community.”

To find out more about Jennings Grange, call 0800 882 1829 or visit mccarthystone.co.uk/jennings-grange.