Sustainable Building Conservation

SixNew Court, Trinity College, Cambridge:

continuing a legacy of inhabitation

Oliver Smith

Introduction

In the course of most listed buildings applications, the discussions of the relative heritage significances of historic buildings or settings are dominated by a number of factors such as the significance of a particular historical association, traditional building typology or details of construction, fabric and finish. Such discussions tend to lead to a heavily ‘conservation normal’ approach to the adaptation or refurbishment of listed buildings.

In the project for the sustainable retrofit of the Grade I-listed buildings at New Court for Trinity College, Cambridge, it was successfully established that of the various components of the heritage ...