1960s tower named after Tudor rebel to be pulled down
An eight-storey office block in Cambridge designed by Bennetts Associates for Stanhope has been given the green light.
The work will see 1960s-built Kett House torn down and replaced with a 160,000sq ft block along with three landscaped gardens and a colonnaded public realm to extend the character of the nearby Botanic Garden into the site.
Kett House was named after a local rebel, Robert Kett, a farmer from Wymondham in Norfolk, who led a rebellion in 1549 during the reign of Edward VI.
Stanhope said the scheme will also include the reinstatement of the Kett Oak sculpture, which depicts the oak tree where the plotters met.
Plans for the new building include a hybrid timber and steel frame that aims to deliver low embodied carbon, and stone brick façades within the design will be sourced from the UK using offcut stone. Water will be reduced through greywater recycling, blue roofs and rain gardens.
Others working on the scheme include planning consultant Bidwells and landscape architect Robert Myers Associates.
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