More buildings at Cambridge University’s first college to admit both men and women have been granted listed status, affording them protection.
The Dining Hall and the Rayne Building at Darwin College have both been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England.
A detached townhouse bought from descendants of Charles Darwin in 1962 and a neighbouring house bought from St John’s College in 1966 were both already listed at Grade II, since 1972.
Darwin College was founded in 1964 and was Cambridge University’s first College exclusively for postgraduate students, as well as the first Cambridge college to admit both men and women.
The detached townhouse Newnham Grange and the Old Granary were purchased from the Darwin family, descendants of Charles Darwin, in 1962.
A neighbouring house, The Hermitage, was sold by St John’s College to Darwin in 1966, and was adapted as kitchens, offices, common rooms and a small dining room.
