Cleveland College of Art & Design is a further and higher education art and design college, based in the North East of England. The college draws its name from the former non-metropolitan county of Cleveland, operational from 1974 to 1996. Cleveland College of Art & Design is the only specialist art and design college in the North East of England and one of only four in the country in the further education sector. The college has two campuses, one in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough and one in Church Square, Hartlepool. Middlesbrough School of Art, on Durham Street, and the nearby Government School of Arts in the Athenaeum on Church Street, West Hartlepool first opened in 1870 and 1874 respectively. The college's current principal is Martin Raby. Its main Middlesbrough-based Green Lane campus was first opened in 1960 by Robin Darwin, then-Principal of the Royal College of Art, and was later extended as Middlesbrough School,of Art. It is based in the Linthorpe area of Middlesbrough, just north of Acklam. It is located to the east of and close to the A1032. The college has operated continuously in its present Hartlepool spot since 1938, despite a 1966 fire.