The Cockerell Building (Squire Law Library) Cambridge, England
Listed Building Data
The Cockerell Building (Squire Law Library) has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1121518
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 26 April 1950
- Name
- THE COCKERELL BUILDING (SQUIRE LAW LIBRARY)
- Location
- THE COCKERELL BUILDING (SQUIRE LAW LIBRARY)
- District
- Cambridge
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Grid Reference
- TL 44730 58480
- Easting
- 544729.7560
- Northing
- 258479.8100
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
THE OLD SCHOOLS 1. 942 The Cockerell Building (Squire Law Library) TL 4458 SE 6/307 26.4.50 I 2. 1837-40. By C R Cockerell. Built on the site of the old hall of King's College, it forms the northernmost range of the Old Schools buildings. Ashlar faced. 3 storeys. The entrance front has a Roman Doric giant order, the long fronts Composite giant pilasters. The basement is rusticated. The main building is of 9 bays with the entrance hall projecting on the East and a smaller projection on the West. The interior is in 2 main rooms. The lower library with free-standing Doric columns and Greek ornamentation. The Upper Library has a semi-circular barrel vault with diagonal coffering. There are 2 full-length marble statues; George I by Rysbrack circa 1736 and George II by Joseph Wilton circa 1765. (RCHM 17).
Listing NGR: TL4473058480
