Description

TL 4849
9/355

SAWSTON
NEW ROAD
(North Side)
Sawston Village College

GV
II

Village College. 1930. Architect H.H. Dunn from design by Henry Morris,
Chief Education Officer for Cambridge. The first college of its kind to be
built. Neo-Georgian style. Yellow bricks with darker plum brick plinth, and
chimney stacks, red pantiled gable and hipped roofs. Symmetrical plan
enclosing an open courtyard to east. Central hall block of four 'bays' with
two advanced hipped roofed porches each with double six-panelled doors folded
into lobby with round arched fanlights with patterned glazing bars open
pediment and plastered doorcases. Linked by enclosed arcaded wings to north
and south ranges. North classroom range, twelve 'bays' with tall
twenty-eight paned hung sash windows with gauged brick arches and exaggerated
key blocks, south range with twelve 'bay' arcade grouped in three's leading
to public library pedimented and terminating the range. Interior: Details
plain and functional with walnut plywood panelling and some original
furniture.
V.C.H., Vol. VI.
Pevsner: Buildings of England

Listing NGR: TL4822149783

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q99937434

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Recommended Books

• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5