Gates, gate piers and railings of the Cambridge Judge Business School fronting Trumpington Street

The gates, gate piers, and railings of the Cambridge Judge Business School, which were originally part of the former Addenbrooke’s Hospital, were constructed in the mid-18th century and have undergone alterations in the 19th and late 20th centuries. The gates are located directly west of the entrance to the business school.

The design features square-plan gate piers and cast-iron railings that curve in two sections, extending north-west and south-east from the central gate piers, with additional piers at the north-west end. The materials used include cast-iron for the railings, a brick plinth wall that was rebuilt around 1995 with stone coping, wrought-iron for the gates and their overthrow, and rusticated stone for the gate piers.

The double-leaf wrought-iron gates are adorned with a scrolled overthrow and have a central panel on the top rail that displays the painted name of the ‘JUDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL’, flanked by the coats of arms of the University on the left and the Judge family on the right. The gates are accompanied by square-plan rusticated stone piers and curved sections of cast-iron railings. The railings rest on a low brick plinth wall, also rebuilt around 1995, and feature stone coping and vase finials on the main stanchions. The north-west section of railings ends with a rusticated stone pier, while another gate pier and a short section of railings connect to 26 Trumpington Street. The south-east section of railings curves to meet the front elevation of the former outpatients building, which was built around 1920 and is now known as Brown’s.