‘We were always thinking about layering pattern, colour and texture. This creates ambience and is the secret of good design’
Steeped in history, this residence is the Master’s Lodge of one of Cambridge’s oldest university colleges. The college dates to the mid-14th century, although the lodge itself was built much later, in 1827, in a neo-Gothic style that is sympathetic to the vernacular of the original building.
Since its construction the fabric of the lodge had remained largely untouched and it was in desperate need of repair when the current Master and his wife, Sarah Donne, a philanthropist, generously opted to undertake an extensive renovation