Notable alumni of the Selwyn College Boat Club include Hugh Laurie, Tom Hollander, and Richard Budgett.

The combined boathouse was designed by RHP Architects at a cost of approximately £2.20 million and was the winner of the 2017 RIBA East Award for outstanding architecture.

Nevertheless, young Selwyn men produced a fine tradition of rowing from this humble boathouse, and Selwynites continued to fall in love with its ramshackle quality.

This was all the more fitting given that the namesake of the college, George Selwyn, had rowed for the Cambridge team that went up against Oxford in the first Boat Race at Henley-on-Thames in 1829.

Despite these early successes, the fellows of the college eventually decided that the Boat Club should move to a new, more adequately equipped facility.

Nevertheless, the combined boathouse proved to be a major advantage for the Selwyn College Boat Club which was finally able to properly train and exercise inside its doors.

The new boathouse features double-length beams and extensive gym and training facilities for all Selwyn College rowers and student athletes.

The two-storey combined boathouse is larger than its 1968 predecessor and provides facilities for socialising, training, and boat maintenance in addition to an observation deck.

The combined boathouse was designed by RHP Architects at a cost of approximately £2.20 million and was the winner of the 2017 RIBA East Award for outstanding architecture.

The Hermes Club also assists the college in raising funds for capital and building projects, including the construction of the 2014 Combined Boathouse.