The Maynard Wing, Kings College is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1996. Student residences. 14 related planning applications.
The Maynard Wing, Kings College
- WRENN ID
- upper-wattle-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1996
- Type
- Student residences
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Maynard Wing at King's College is a student residence built in 1889 by Robert Falconer Macdonald. The building features red brick with rubbed brick and Roman cement dressings, topped with tiled hipped roofs and gabled dormers on the south front. It has tall brick chimney-stacks and a fishscale tiled clock tower. The structure is two storeys high, with attics and a semi-basement, designed in the William and Mary style with a symmetrical layout.
There are 20 windows, and the entrance is located in a double gabled central, recessed bay that has a pedimented Ionic surround framing a round-arched doorway. This entrance is approached by curved double steps with a stone balustrade. The windows have gauged brick flat arches, recessed sashes with shaped rubbed brick aprons, and continuous sill bands; the windows above the entrance are paired, while those in the gabled flanking and outer bays are grouped. A heavy modillion eaves cornice wraps around the gables, which contain Venetian attic windows. The north front is simpler but maintains similar brick detailing, featuring a central three-storey projecting polygonal bay.
Inside, the layout is plain, with rooms arranged off long corridors. The Maynard Wing was constructed following an open competition to provide expanded accommodation for Westfield College, with a design brief that emphasized "economy with good effect."
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 14 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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