Upstairs Designed by Sir Leslie Martin, opened in 1970Kettle’s Yard is the University of Cambridge’s modern and contemporary art gallery. It is currently closed for a major building project. Kettle’s Yard was a series of cottages converted into a Modernist home by H. S. Jim Ede, a notable collector of modern British art. Ede conceived his home as 'a living place where works of art could be enjoyed’.