Gymnasium And Art And Craft Studios Adjoining West Of Homerton College

HILLS ROAD TL 45 NE (west side) 21/10002 Gymnasium and Art & Craft Studios adjoining west of Homerton College - II Gymnasium and art and craft studios added to college 1914 by H G Ibberson. English bond red and purple brick with some stone dressings and flint panels. Steeply pitched plain tile roof with gabled ends and deep eaves on stone kneelers. Arts and Crafts Style. Plan: Large gymnasium in west range with cross-wing on east end with stair tower in north west angle and studios on first floor. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical south front. Main gymnasium range on left of 1 storey and attic, 4:1 bays with brick piers between large semi-circular 'clerestory' windows over boarded panels, the broader left pier rises above eaves, the right hand bay rises into gable with small 3-light window. Small, but long flat roof dormer above. Set back on right (E) gabled cross-wing with 3-bay loggia on ground floor and large stone mullion-transom window above with smaller side lights, flint panels between and chequerwork of flint and brick, carved panel and louvred ventilation slit in gable above. Similar window and 4 round arch windows on N end of cross-wing and low stair tower in right hand (NW) angle. Large stone mullion-transom window in west gable of gymnasium with lancet and ventilation slit above. Dated rainwater heads and leaded pane windows. Interior: Gymnasium has some original equipment and segmental arch 'apse'. Oak open well staircase to studios on first floor with arched roof trusses plastered over. Note: Attached to west end of the 1876-1891 Cavendish College, now Homerton College, acquired by the Congregational Board of Education in 1894. Sources: Buildings of England, Cambridgeshire p234. College History.

Listing NGR: TL4605156330