Spring House (Cambridge)

Spring House
Spring House
Location	Cambridge
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 19, 2025

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

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.^[2]

Footnotes

↑ "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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[1] "Cornford House, Cambridge – The Twentieth Century Society". c20society.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-19.

[2] 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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