SPRING HOUSE

SPRING HOUSE, CONDUIT HEAD ROAD

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1380900
Date first listed:: 12-Apr-2000
List Entry Name:: SPRING HOUSE
Statutory Address:: SPRING HOUSE, CONDUIT HEAD ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1380900
Date first listed:: 12-Apr-2000
List Entry Name:: SPRING HOUSE
Statutory Address 1:: SPRING HOUSE, CONDUIT HEAD ROAD

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: SPRING HOUSE, CONDUIT HEAD ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Cambridgeshire
District:: Cambridge (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TL 42922 59520

Details

CAMBRIDGE

TL45NW CONDUIT HEAD ROAD 667/20/10109 Spring House 12-APR-00

II

Artist's house and studio, with garage. 1965-7 by Colin St John Wilson, assistant M J Long. Pale cavity brick walls, internal columns and partitions of timber, as in cut-away corner terrace and verandah above. Concrete Roman tile monopitched roofs, with open timberwork beneath. L-shaped plan with corner angle cut away to form terrace in angle of garden with projecting bays to kitchen and dining area. Otherwise the plan of the house and garage (to left of entrance elevation) are almost square, with double-height artist's studio in wing projecting forward to enclose entrance forecourt. Dark-stained timber windows, with aluminium opening lights. Dark-stained garage, porch and glazed doors. The elevational treatment to front and side reminiscent of Aalto's S¿yn¿tsalo Town Hall, Finland (1950-2), particularly in the treatment of the broad stack. Left elevation, with concealed windows lighting living room and staircase, not visible as on plot line. Large high windows to studio, and fully glazing behind cut-away terrace area to rear. This has timber columns supporting roof, timber stair leading to first-floor verandah with door to internal gallery. Thus indoors and outdoors are related.

The interior is dominated by double-height living area open to roof, with gallery on garden sides. Timber columns on 1.8m grid (with bronzed fixings at top) support the roof and gallery, which forms a corridor leading to bedrooms behind timber balustrade with timber handrail, separated by timber partitions and doors, with window from principal bedroom opening into living area. Timber inner door from entrance, glazed and with glazed partition to side. Corner hearth on diagonal axis to open terrace; built-in seating along entrance wall. Kitchen (remodelled) and dining area under balconies to either side, the kitchen area separated by head-high partitions incorporating cupboards which lead to stair at far end of house.

`The interlocking spaces leading diagonally from the corner fireplace through the double height living room, and the verandah to the garden beyond, and the pleasure in timber building are a delight' (Martin Richardson, Colin St John Wilson, RIBA, 1997, p.23.)

Sources Era, May/June 1971, pp.20-1 Colin St John Wilson, Architect, n.d. c.1972 Colin St John Wilson, RIBA, 1997

Listing NGR: TL4292259520

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 481224
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.