2023 Higher Education Architect of the Year, MCW Architects, has completed a mixed-use scheme at Newnham Mill Pond in Cambridge.

The newly completed scheme, known as Mill House, features a combination of private apartments and retail space, integrating the existing townscape with new homes. The project replaces an Edwardian building that was closed down in 2016 due to fire damage.

The site, occupied for over 300 years, previously housed a public house built in 1903 that later served as an Indian restaurant until its closure. The existing building was identified as a ‘building which detracts’ within the local conservation area appraisal.

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