Postgraduate Student Accommodation
We offer self-catered accommodation of 32 rooms within 2 areas:
- The Harding Wing – a newly refurbished area with en-suite bathrooms
- Lady Margaret House – an Edwardian style building with traditional rooms and shared bathrooms
The Harding Wing
The Harding Wing is a three-storey brick accommodation block with 16 bedrooms, built in the 1980’s. 11 bedrooms were refurbished inside during Spring 2020. One side of the building overlooks our beautiful large private garden, and the other side overlooks Champneys Walk, with mature trees and views across to Newnham College. The building features mid-century modern design with large double-glazed windows and high ceilings.
Harding Wing – The Rooms
There are 11 bright and airy rooms on the first and second floors with grey/white painted modern furniture, white walls, blue black-out curtains, and striped carpets. These 11 have en-suite bathrooms with showers, except Room 30/31 has a separate bathroom with a bathtub and shower and a separate study room. The final 5 rooms are shared bathrooms - Please see the floorplans.
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Common Areas
Kitchens
Residents are assigned either a large country-style kitchen or a smaller efficient kitchen both on the ground floor of the adjoining Lady Margaret House, originally a large Edwardian family home fronting onto Grange Road The kitchens are well equipped, with several cookers, microwaves, refrigerators, freezers, and allocated locked storage cupboards. We supply a many pans, pots, utensils, tea towels, washing liquid, and dishes for cooking and serving. Kitchens are cleaned each weekday, but residents are equally responsible for keeping the areas clean and tidy – ready for the next person’s use.
Second Floor Kitchenette. On the second floor, there is a compact kitchenette with a seating area complete with a refrigerator, sink, microwave and toaster oven. This area may be used as an alternative food preparation/eating area, particularly for residents on the second floor of the Harding Wing.
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In Lady Margaret House, there is a large comfortable Common Room, laundry rooms, and the Lash Library ideal for communal study. The buildings are surrounded by a quiet, well-maintained garden complete with fruit trees and a kitchen vegetable plot for the residents.
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Services
Wifi
The entire Institute has fast and reliable wifi through “eduroam” (education roaming for research https://www.eduroam.org/) which is the secure, worldwide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. This is the preferred option for wireless access during your time in Cambridge since once it is configured correctly, it will automatically connect with no further user interaction most everywhere you go within the colleges and university buildings. All internet access within the Institute is governed by the rule set out by the University of Cambridge Information Service https://www.uis.cam.ac.uk/. If you do not have eduroam access, we can supply access to the same network within our buildings.
Furniture and Fittings
Each room contains a wardrobe, a chest of drawers, a desk and chair, bedside table, and a single bed. Some of the larger rooms have an upholstered reading chair. You may not bring your own furniture or curtains into your room. The furniture and curtains, as supplied, cannot be removed from your room.
Rooms have black-out curtains and are fully carpeted. Beds are a single size and have mattresses and a mattress protector fitted. For those not wishing to bring their own bedding, we can provide a bedding pack (duvet, sheets, pillows and pillowcases, blankets) for an additional fee.
Heating
Central heating is provided in all the buildings from October through April. The radiators allow you to control the heating in your room. No air conditioning is provided.
Cleaning
Weekday cleaning is done each day in the common areas and kitchens. Residents are responsible for the tidiness of their own rooms, washing up their own dishes, making their beds, and helping to keep the common areas clean, especially the kitchens.
One day each week, the ensuite bathroom is cleaned by Housekeeping staff, and a schedule of cleaning will be agreed with you at the start of your occupancy.
Laundry
Washers and Dryers, drying racks and irons/ironing boards are provided free of charge.
Location
The Grange Road site is in the Newnham area of Cambridge, a ten-minute walk to the Sidgwick site, and few miniutes more to Queens' College on Silver Street.
Floor Plans
Grange Road - Floor plans and room numbers