Plan No.7: Heritage Significance
Object
The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
Representation ID: 30690
Received: 01/09/2015
Respondent: Ms Vicky Morgan
The Mond laboratory should be reassigned to high importance. As an alumna of the university and a Cambridgeshire resident, I know that this is a much-loved building rich with symbolism and the history of the great science on this site. The complex of the Cavendish and the two Mond buildings is iconic and the consultants appear to have made their assessment with no understanding of the importance of this place in the history of ideas. Surely this is what the heritage of Cambridge is all about? The modernist parts of the complex are also attractive.
The Mond laboratory should be reassigned to high importance. As an alumna of the university and a Cambridgeshire resident, I know that this is a much-loved building rich with symbolism and the history of the great science on this site. The complex of the Cavendish and the two Mond buildings is iconic and the consultants appear to have made their assessment with no understanding of the importance of this place in the history of ideas. Surely this is what the heritage of Cambridge is all about? The modernist parts of the complex are also attractive.
Object
The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
Representation ID: 30711
Received: 07/09/2015
Respondent: Dr Richard Staley
In this plan only part of the original Cavendish Laboratory is designated as being of Very High heritage significance, and no grounds are given for distinguishing the front of the building from the side wing, which held many significant teaching and research laboratories but is here designated as being only of High significance.
The proposal to create a new entry to the site through the side wing does not reflect the considerable value of retaining the integrity of the original laboratory building. The purpose built combination of teaching and research spaces was novel, and central to the success of the laboratory.
In this plan only part of the original Cavendish Laboratory is designated as being of Very High heritage significance, and no grounds are given for distinguishing the front of the building from the side wing, which held many significant teaching and research laboratories but is here designated as being only of High significance.
The proposal to create a new entry to the site through the side wing does not reflect the considerable value of retaining the integrity of the original laboratory building. The purpose built combination of teaching and research spaces was novel, and central to the success of the laboratory.