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Queens' College, the Buildings Surrounding Front Court, Cloister Court, Pump Court and Walnut Tree Court

A Grade I Listed Building in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

  • Main gate leading to Old Court, c.15

  • Old Court looking north-east, completed 1448; brick faced over clunch core; Great Gatehouse with polygonal turrets; sundial dates from 1733

  • Old Court looking north-west; includes library, parlour, c.1451, & Old Hall; elaborate stonework of restored hall bay-window

  • College Arms of 1575 carved by Thomas Gray; arms of Queen Margaret of Anjou

  • Old Hall, 1449 but much restored in 1854; lierne vault of bay window still represents mid c15 work; wall & ceiling decoration by Bodley, 1875

  • Old Hall, gallery with c18 portrait of Isaac Milner, president, 1788

  • Old Hall, fireplace mantel; 1861 with tiles by William Morris, Maddox Brown, Burne Jones & Rosetti

  • Cloister Court looking east to Old Hall

  • President's Lodge, c.1540, at north range of Cloister Court; irregular timber framed structure

  • Bridge leading towards riverside range, c.1460; filled in arches at water level

  • Old Chapel & Library (back of Old Court north range) from Walnut Tree Court; structurally part of original buildings but all details are later; chambers on east side 1617-19

  • New Chapel interior by Bodley, 1890-91; altar painting is German Triptych of late c15

  • Priest, c.1480; cope with embroidered orphreys

  • Queens' College, Cambridge, February 2015

  • Queens' College, Cambridge, February 2015

  • Queens' College, Cambridge, February 2015

  • Queens' College, Cambridge, February 2015

  • Queens' College, Cambridge, February 2015

  • Queens' College, Cambridge, February 2015

  • Queens' College, Cambridge, February 2015

  • Tudor buildings in Queen´s College

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Entry Name: Queens' College, the Buildings Surrounding Front Court, Cloister Court, Pump Court and Walnut Tree Court

Listing Date: 26 April 1950

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1087041

English Heritage Legacy ID: 47222

ID on this website: 101087041

Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2

County: Cambridgeshire

District: Cambridge

Electoral Ward/Division: Market

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Cambridge

Traditional County: Cambridgeshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Cambridge St Botolph

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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