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Interior room with a geometric linoleum floor pattern in red, black, green, and beige, a piano, and a small wooden stool.

Conway designed floor at 78 Blinco Grove

78 Blinco Grove, Cambridge

History of 78 Blinco Grove

1939

Roger Golding, b 1892, blacksmith welder and panel work in motor repair works

Ellen, b 1892

Joan, b 1924

Francis Guilland, b 1889, masseur medical gymnast


Former home of John Horton Conway

Profile view of a middle-aged man with short, thinning hair and a grey beard, illuminated by bright light from the side.

John Horton Conway

John Conway designed the unusual tiled floor at the house.

A floor covered in large geometric tiles patterned in cream, dark green, dark red, and black, with furniture legs visible.

Conway’s tiled floor at 78 Blinco Grove

Building dates

  • Built 1930–1949
Source for this date
  • Built 1930–1949: EPC construction age band: 1930–1949

Projects

  • Blinco Grove

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