Work began in 1967
Bourne was a specialist laboratory designed for 250 undergrads and 50 postgrads of Chemistry. It was opened in 1970 opposite Williamson Field. In 1984 the Biochemistry department also moved in. When first built it was a very imposing building but a new building (Wolfson) has now been built (1987) in front of it and it is almost impossible to visualise how it once looked.
The chemistry department closed in 1992 and was merged into the School of Life Sciences