Project: North Court, Jesus College, University of Cambridge 

Client: University of Cambridge

North Court was built in 1963-65 to the designs of David Roberts and Geoffrey Clarke, and provided the earliest post-war new residential accommodation for Jesus College. The building is 4 storeys, ‘L’ plan block. It was listed grade II in 1993. 

Barwin were appointed to carry out brickwork repairs and specialist cleaning of the brick facade and internal staircases. The project was successfully delivered within a month before the start of new academic term. 

Scope of works: 

• Internal staircase DOFF system cleaning
• Brickwork repairs
• External brickwork cleaning 
• Jet washing of concrete