Gardens · London
48 Storey's Way
48 Storey's Way — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
John Sutton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
48 Storey's Way is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
48 Storey's Way is an Arts and Crafts house in west Cambridge, England, designed by M. H. Baillie Scott for Herbert Ainslie Roberts, a university administrator, and built in 1912–13. The architectural historian Alan Powers considers it an archetype of the English Arts and Crafts movement, although it is a late example of that movement. It is listed at grade II*.
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Background
History
Number 48 was built in 1912–13, 48 Storey's Lane was first listed in 1967, then at grade II. The house came on the market in 1990, with an advertised price of £350,000. By that time, the original kitchen and scullery had been amalgamated into a kitchen–breakfast room; there were five first-floor bedrooms and two bathrooms, with two bedrooms and a bathroom in the attic storey. The house was dilapidated, and required a new roof and heating system, as well as electrical rewiring. It was purchased by Churchill College, who intended to divide it for student accommodation, but were persuaded of its architectural merit by the architect Diane Haigh, whom they commissioned to restore it in 1990–91,…
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- Coordinates
- 52.2151, 0.1001
Sources
- wikidata: Q26263434 (CC0)
- wikipedia: 48 Storey's Way (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is 48 Storey's Way?
- 48 Storey's Way is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.2151°, 0.1001°.