Cambridge 2000: university: Northampton Street: Kettle's Yard

Google   Bookmark and Share
 

university: Northampton Street: Kettle's Yard

Cambridge, England: university: Northampton Street: Kettle's Yard (Rowland Aldridge and Jim Ede)
(maps showing location: Google Streetmap Multimap )
Date photograph taken: 26 February 2000
Date built: 1957
Architect: Rowland Aldridge and Jim Ede

Kettle's Yard contains one of the few art museums in Cambridge, and it has both permanent and temporary exhibitions. The owner, Jim Ede, constructed the original house and gallery out of four derelict Georgian cottages. He presented the house and his art collection to the university in 1966, but still lived here until 1973.

There have been several additions over the years. In 1969-1970 Leslie Martin with David Owers added a large extension. The same firm added further smaller extensions in 1980 and 1984. And in 1994 Bland, Brown and Cole added a further extension at the front, on Castle Street.

Other photographs within 100 m: