Cambridge Edition January 2025 - Newsletter

ARTFUL ARCHITECTURE

• Cambridge Central Mosque, ˆ‰Š-ˆ‹ˆ Mill Rd CB‹ ˆDF • Robinson College, Grange Rd CBˆ ŠAN • Eddington, Eddington Ave CBˆ ‰QZ • Leper Chapel, Barnwell Junction“ Newmarket Rd CB” •JJ • The Wren Library, Trinity St CB– ‹TQ Also worth a visit

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West Road, Cambridge CB ‚DZ Architect: Norman Foster Style: Modernist With its glass roof and open-plan design, the building reflects transparency and accessibility in legal education. While not listed, the building is named after the university’s first full-time vice-chancellor and professor of public law, Sir David Williams. Sir Norman Foster also designed the terminal building at Stansted Airport and the Gherkin in London. Visiting: See the building from West Road. THE FACULTY OF LAW BUILDING

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- Sidney Street, Cambridgeshire CB HQ Architect: Alfred Waterhouse Style: Dutch renaissance with  neo-Tudor extension Lloyds Bank, Sidney Street

A former millworkers’ bank built for Foster and Company, which owned several mills. The ornate, Grade II listed exterior and Italianate banking hall make the building seem older than it is. Architect Alfred Waterhouse also designed the Natural History Museum and the elaborate gateway at Strangeways prison. Waterhouse was inspired by the High Victorian Gothic style of John Ruskin. Visiting: See the building from Sidney Street.

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FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM

Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB RB Architect: George Basevi Style: Neoclassical

This elegant, Grade I listed city museum houses a vast collection of art and antiquities bequeathed by founder Richard Fitzwilliam. The collection spans centuries and cultures, including masterpieces by Titian, Van Dyck, Monet, Turner and Gainsborough; sketches by Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Dürer and William Blake; sculpture by Rodin and Barbara Hepworth; manuscripts and rare books; coins and medals; textiles and costumes. Visiting: Open Tuesday to Sunday; free admission but donations encouraged. See fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/plan-your-visit

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