Corpus Christi & Sidney Sussex Boathouse
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Corpus Christi & Sidney Sussex Boathouse
Image: © N Chadwick Taken: 27 Oct 2013
The combined Corpus Christi and Sidney Sussex boathouse was designed by David Roberts and built in 1958-9, and is a grade II Listed Building. Extensions to the sides were added in the 1980s. It has a lightweight steel frame on piled concrete foundations infilled with brick. The shallow first floor houses changing facilities, and has a flat felt roof. It has a near-continuous band of glazing along the front, with square panes and doors at either end. This is set behind a steel and timber balcony and reached via spiral concrete stairs to either side, with newel posts and a steel balustrade. The deeper ground floor provides a three bay boat store, with lean-to extensions and a pitched roof. The doors are of concertina style. On the front of the building are the four crests of the Colleges sharing the boathouse, and four flagpoles: Corpus Christi; Girton; Sidney Sussex; and Wolfson.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.210749
Longitude
0.132329