Hobson Publishing, Cambridge

Client - Sir Isaac Newton Trust
Date of Completion - 1998

Originally built as a theological college in 1913, Cheshunt College became a mixed use building - part language school, part Masonic Hall and part offices.  Freeland Rees Roberts were commissioned to design a new wing for the client's publishing-firm tenant, partly closing the open-sided court using space originally intended for the college chapel.  Planning and Listed Building restraints influenced the design of the new building which had to match the existing building.

The new wing provides car parking at ground floor level with two floors of open-plan, highly-serviced modern office space above, looking out onto a newly landscaped courtyard and gardens.