Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall)

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TL 4459-4559 667/15/100024

HUNTINGDON ROAD, Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall)

(Formerly listed as New Hall)

GV II*

Women's college. 1962-6. Chamberlin, Powell and Bon. White brick, concrete, some polished some bush-hammered. Some flat roofs; hall and library with concrete vaults. Two linked courtyards, the larger with residential accommodation to three sides; the smaller with hall to east and library to west. Mostly three storeys. Hall of Greek cross plan with circular staircases in the angles, and roofed by dome of eight leaves, with indirect top-lighting introduced between. Internally it has segmental arches on four pairs of slim columns. JCR of double height. Interiors of brick and concrete. Library rectangular with barrel-vault, groined for segmental arched windows on the flanks; heavy simple 'cornice'. Galleried interior. Hall and Library are linked by double-height walkways with some offices and meeting rooms behind. Irregular fenestration to residential blocks which have split-pitched roofs, and double-height rooms to upper storey. N Taylor, Cambridge New Architecture

Listing NGR: TL4415559425