Identity area
Reference code
GC/DOM/PD/11
Unique identifier
Title
Date(s)
- 1956-1992 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
3 drawers
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
97.057 - Transferred to the Archive from the Domestic Bursar's Office, 1997; (2000.025) supplemented by a transfer from the Clerk of Works Department, 2000.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On 25 October 1957, the College passed a resolution to employ Sir Leslie Martin as the architect of a projected new building on the West Road site. The intention was to supply additional undergraduate rooms so that each student could be resident for at least two years in College accommodation. The building was designed by Martin, who had recently taken up the newly created Chair of Architecture, in partnership with Colin St. John Wilson assisted by Patrick Hodgkinson. The building contract was awarded to Messrs William Sindall Ltd, and building began in the autumn of 1960, to be completed in time for occupation in Michaelmas term 1962. The new building was named Harvey Court after William Harvey, the Caian credited with discovering circulation of the blood.