Cambridge 2000: Peterhouse: Little St Mary's Lane: Ward Library
Peterhouse: Little St Mary's Lane: Ward Library
The buildings were originally 18th century warehouses,
hence the unimposing look, and were converted by Champneys
in 1884 into the university Museum of Classical Archaeology,
hence the addition of a few classical features to make
the building look not just like warehouses.
To mark its 700th anniversary in 1984, Peterhouse (the oldest
Cambridge college) purchased the site. The architects Robert
Potter and Partners converted the building mainly to a library,
but also added a lecture theatre and other rooms. In 2004-2005
Freeland Rees Roberts
converted another section of the building to additional library
space.
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