Raised Faculty Block, Cambridge University is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Library, teaching rooms. 5 related planning applications.

Raised Faculty Block, Cambridge University

WRENN ID: eastward-gravel-dawn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cambridge
Country: England
Date first listed: 30 March 1993
Type: Library, teaching rooms
Source: Historic England listing

Description

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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