County Hall, Cambridge

County Hall is a former municipal building, now used for student accommodation, in Hobson Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

County Hall, Cambridge
LocationCambridge, Cambridgeshire
Coordinates52.2069°N 0.1193°E / 52.2069; 0.1193
Built1913
ArchitectHerbert Henry Dunn
Architectural style(s)Neoclassical style
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated2 November 1972
Reference no.1265198
Location of County Hall, Cambridge in Cambridgeshire

History

Originally the old Shire House on Market Hill had been used as the local facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1888, which established county councils in every county, it also became necessary to find a meeting place for Cambridgeshire County Council.[2] A new building, designed by Herbert Henry Dunn in the Neoclassical style,[3] was completed in 1914.[4] After the County Council found the Hobson Street building too small and moved to Shire Hall in 1933,[4] the building in Hobson Street continued to be used, inter alia, as the County Record Office,[5] until it was acquired by Christ's College, Cambridge in 1986.[6] It was subsequently converted to student accommodation, based on designs by Lyster, Grillet and Harding, and renamed the Todd Building, after Lord Todd, a Nobel laureate.[7]

References
  1. Historic England. "County Hall, Cambridge (1265198)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. "Local Government Act 1888". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1970). The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire. London: Penguin. p. 232. ISBN 978-0300205961.
  4. Roach, J P C (1959). "'The city of Cambridge: Public buildings', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3, the City and University of Cambridge". London: British History Online. pp. 116–122. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. Leader, Damian Riehl; Morgan, Victor; Searby, Peter (1988). A History of the University of Cambridge: 1750-1870. Cambridge University Press. p. 748.
  6. "A short history" (PDF). Christ's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. "Former County Hall". Capturing Cambridge. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
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