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The Sun House, 23 Queen Edith's Way, Cambridge
1938-39 by Mullett and Denton Smith for William Cairns.
Modern Movement style. Painted brick laid in stretcher bond; bituminous felt roofs.
Plan consists of single-storey wing running west-east butting into a 2-storey cross wing at east end terminating to south in a full-width bow fitted with 3 3-light Crittall windows to each floor.
Flat roof with wide painted fascia boards. Single-storey wing with quadrant corner at south-west corner, emphasised by a curved Crittall window.
Projecting sun lounge butts against south flank: 3 plate-glass windows and a double-leaf glazed door. Flat roof with swept parapet.
Curved roof patio projects from 2-storey block supported on 2 timber posts of square section. Partition walls and Crittall windows inserted c.1950 to form kitchen.
Rear (north) elevation pierced by 1-, 2- and 3-light Crittall windows and a door. .
(Smith, D, Smith, M: Architects' plans: 1936)
The Sun House, 23 Queen Edith's Way, Cambridge
1938-39 by Mullett and Denton Smith for William Cairns.
Modern Movement style. Painted brick laid in stretcher bond; bituminous felt roofs.
Plan consists of single-storey wing running west-east butting into a 2-storey cross wing at east end terminating to south in a full-width bow fitted with 3 3-light Crittall windows to each floor.
Flat roof with wide painted fascia boards. Single-storey wing with quadrant corner at south-west corner, emphasised by a curved Crittall window.
Projecting sun lounge butts against south flank: 3 plate-glass windows and a double-leaf glazed door. Flat roof with swept parapet.
Curved roof patio projects from 2-storey block supported on 2 timber posts of square section. Partition walls and Crittall windows inserted c.1950 to form kitchen.
Rear (north) elevation pierced by 1-, 2- and 3-light Crittall windows and a door. .
(Smith, D, Smith, M: Architects' plans: 1936)