Gymnasium and Art and Craft Studios Adjoining West of Homerton College is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. Gymnasium, art studio.
Gymnasium and Art and Craft Studios Adjoining West of Homerton College
- WRENN ID
- low-brass-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gymnasium, art studio
- OS grid reference
- TL 460 563
- Coordinates
- 52.1859, 0.13498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gymnasium and art and craft studios, located to the west of Homerton College, were added to the college in 1914 by H.G. Ibberson. The building is constructed of English bond red and purple brick, featuring some stone dressings and flint panels. It has a steeply pitched plain tile roof with gabled ends and deep eaves supported by stone kneelers, showcasing the Arts and Crafts Style.
The plan includes a large gymnasium in the west range, with a cross-wing at the east end that contains a stair tower in the northwest corner and studios on the first floor. The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical south front. The main gymnasium range on the left is one storey with an attic, featuring four bays with brick piers between large semi-circular clerestory windows above boarded panels. The left pier rises above the eaves, while the right bay extends into a gable with a small three-light window. A small, long flat-roofed dormer is positioned above.
To the right, the gabled cross-wing has a three-bay loggia on the ground floor and a large stone mullion-transom window above, flanked by smaller side lights and flint panels, with a chequerwork of flint and brick. There is also a carved panel and a louvred ventilation slit in the gable above. The north end of the cross-wing features a similar window and four round arch windows, along with a low stair tower in the northwest corner. The west gable of the gymnasium includes a large stone mullion-transom window with a lancet and a ventilation slit above. The building has dated rainwater heads and leaded pane windows.
Inside, the gymnasium retains some original equipment and has a segmental arch apse. An oak open well staircase leads to the studios on the first floor, which are supported by arched roof trusses that are plastered over. The gymnasium and studios are attached to the west end of the Cavendish College, which was built between 1876 and 1891 and acquired by the Congregational Board of Education in 1894.
Local climate
Gymnasium and Art and Craft Studios Adjoining West of Homerton College sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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