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Kneesworth House School, Old North Road

History of Kneesworth House School

Listed Building:

Country house. 1901-1906 dated sundial. Neo-classical style, by Roland Plumbe for Lord Knutsford. Dark red brick with lighter brick dressings and quoins and gauged red brick.

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The house was built on the site of the original hall sold in 1897 to Sidney Holland, later Lord Knutsford. In 1948 it was opened as a boys’ approved school which was transferred in 1967-8 to Cambridgeshire County Council.

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