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
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1996
Type
Student residences
Address
The Maynard Wing, Kings College, Kidderpore Avenue, NW3 7SU
OS grid reference
TQ 253 858
Coordinates
51.55758, -0.19292
Source
Historic England listing

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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."

Local climate

The Maynard Wing, Kings 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
  • Related listed building consents — 14 applications
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