Spring House (Cambridge)

Spring House
Spring House
Location	Cambridge
Coordinates	52°12′55″N0°05′26″E / 52.21536°N 0.09059°E
Built	1965
Architect	Colin St John Wilson, MJ Long
Architectural style(s)	Modernism
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated	2000
Reference no.	1380900

Last updated September 29, 2025

Spring House, also known as Cornford House, is a Grade II listed ^[1] building in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, designed by architects Colin St John Wilson and MJ Long. The house was commissioned by artist and writer Christopher Cornford and completed in 1965.^[2]

The house has been described as a transitional work that anticipated some of the architectural themes later featured in the British Library building in London.^[3]

Footnotes

1 2 Historic England. "Spring House (1380900)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
↑ "Cornford House, Cambridge – The Twentieth Century Society". c20society.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
↑ Stonehouse, Roger; St. John Wilson, Colin (2007). Colin St John Wilson: buildings and projects. London: Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 978-1-904772-70-5.

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[NHLE-1] 1 2 Historic England. "Spring House (1380900)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 September 2025.

[2] "Cornford House, Cambridge – The Twentieth Century Society". c20society.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-19.

[3] Stonehouse, Roger; St. John Wilson, Colin (2007). Colin St John Wilson: buildings and projects. London: Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 978-1-904772-70-5.

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