Raised Faculty Block, Cambridge University

RAISED FACULTY BLOCK, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, SIDGWICK AVENUE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1126006
Date first listed:
30-Mar-1993
Statutory Address:
RAISED FACULTY BLOCK, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, SIDGWICK AVENUE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1126006
Date first listed:
30-Mar-1993
Statutory Address 1:
RAISED FACULTY BLOCK, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, SIDGWICK AVENUE

Location

Statutory Address:
RAISED FACULTY BLOCK, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, SIDGWICK AVENUE

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County:
Cambridgeshire
District:
Cambridge (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TL 44266 57986

Details

SIDGWICK AVENUE TL4457-4557 667/17/10030 Raised Faculty Block, Cambridge University GV II Library and teaching rooms. 1956-68. Casson, Conder and Partners. Portland stone cladding, concrete frame; flat roof. Two storeys, "U" shaped, raised on pilotis. Floor slab chamfered and sculpted with round-cornered hollows. Long, narrow horizontal strip window below cornice band. Variety of fenestration including some long windows and some small single storey windows, in irregular arrangement. Integral part of Sidgwick Avenue layout, planned 1952. Nicholas Taylor, Cambridge New Architecture pp174-8.

Listing NGR: TL4426657986

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