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24/09/2003
University buildings set for heritage listing
Student halls of residence, a library and teaching block are among four buildings at the University of East Anglia that are set to achieve listed status.
The buildings have featured in architectural textbooks and are considered to be some of the "most powerful and dramatic of post-war new universities".
The buildings were designed by the major 20th-century architect, Sir Denys Lasdun. The University of East Anglia will be his final major work to be listed despite this being his largest and most personal scheme.
Heritage Minister Andrew McIntosh said: "We plan to list a group of buildings of national significance at the University of East Anglia. They illustrate how post-war British architecture can be innovative and elegant, but also practical in its approach to design and living. The best of post-war architecture deserves listing in the same way as their older counterparts."
The distinctive 'Ziggurat' accommodation blocks, known as the Norfolk and Suffolk Terraces, built between 1964 and 1968, are proposed for Grade II* listing. The library, completed 1972, and 'Teaching Wall', completed 1970, are proposed for Grade II listing.
Local people and interest groups now have the chance to tell the Minister whether they believe the buildings merit the extra protection that listing provides. This public consultation ends on 10 October 2003.
The decision to list the structures was taken on the advice of English Heritage.
(gmcg)
The buildings have featured in architectural textbooks and are considered to be some of the "most powerful and dramatic of post-war new universities".
The buildings were designed by the major 20th-century architect, Sir Denys Lasdun. The University of East Anglia will be his final major work to be listed despite this being his largest and most personal scheme.
Heritage Minister Andrew McIntosh said: "We plan to list a group of buildings of national significance at the University of East Anglia. They illustrate how post-war British architecture can be innovative and elegant, but also practical in its approach to design and living. The best of post-war architecture deserves listing in the same way as their older counterparts."
The distinctive 'Ziggurat' accommodation blocks, known as the Norfolk and Suffolk Terraces, built between 1964 and 1968, are proposed for Grade II* listing. The library, completed 1972, and 'Teaching Wall', completed 1970, are proposed for Grade II listing.
Local people and interest groups now have the chance to tell the Minister whether they believe the buildings merit the extra protection that listing provides. This public consultation ends on 10 October 2003.
The decision to list the structures was taken on the advice of English Heritage.
(gmcg)
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