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

Cast-iron railings, wrought-iron gates, and rusticated stone gate piers of the former Addenbrooke’s Hospital, now the Cambridge Judge Business School, constructed in the mid-C18, and altered in the C19 and late C20. PLAN: the gate stands directly west of the entrance of the former Addenbrooke’s Hospital (now the Cambridge Judge Business School), with square-plan gate piers, and railings in two curved sections extending north-west and south-east of the central gate piers, with two piers to the north-west end. MATERIALS: Cast-iron railings, brick plinth wall (rebuilt around 1995) with stone coping, wrought-iron gates and overthrow, and rusticated stone gate piers. EXTERIOR: the double-leaf wrought-iron gates have a scrolled overthrow, with a central panel to the top rail bearing the painted name of the ‘JUDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL’, flanked by the coats of arms of the University (left) and Judge family (right). The gates are flanked by square-plan rusticated stone piers, and by curved sections of cast-iron railings to the north-west and south-east. The railings stand on a low brick plinth wall (rebuilt around 1995), with stone coping, and vase finials to the main stanchions. The north-west section of railings is terminated by a rusticated stone pier, with another gate pier and short section of railings to the north-west attached to 26 Trumpington Street. The south-east section of railings curves to adjoin the front elevation of the former outpatients building (built around 1920, now Brown’s).