Queens College, Buildings Surrounding Front Court, Cloister Court, Pump Court and Walnut T Cambridge, England

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QUEENS' COLLEGE 1. 942 The Buildings surrounding Front Court, Cloister Court, Pump Court and Walnut Tree Court. TL 4458 SE 6/279 26.4.50. I 2. Front Court Mason, Reginald Ely. East Range with Gatehouse. 1448 Red brick with stone dressings. The Gatehouse has 3 stages with octagonal corner turrets and a 4-centred moulded arch. The Gatehall has a fine original ribbed stone vault. The Muniment Room above has a quadripartite brick vault. The rest of the range has 2 storeys and attics with reproduction eaves-cornices. Most of the windows have been renewed. 3-storey turret with embattled parapet at the South-east angle. The interior has original doorways modern staircases and some C18 panelling. North Range 1448. In 2 sections, on the East the Chapel to the full height, on the West the library with 2 storeys and attics. The Chapel was refitted by James Essex in 1773-5, his ceiling removed in 1845, refitted again by G F Bodley in 1858-61. It is now part of the Library. The windows are restorations, the sundial probably mid C17, the lantern by H T Hare 1910. The interior has a mid C19 ceiling; the Antichapel has panelling of 1775. The fittings were removed to the new Chapel (qv) in 1890 except for an amount of C19 glass. The rest of the range has a number of original and C17 windows and C18 dormers. The annexe of 1804 contains the Library staircase. The Library woodwork is 1612-3. Some C15 glass in the North windows. The combination Room has C17 fittings, fireplace, doors etc; the bolection moulded panelling of 1686. Early C19 heraldic glass. The President's Study has a linenfold panelling of 1531-2, originally in the Hall and now much made up; it has a deep frieze with carved coats-of-arms. West Range. This contains the Hall, Kitchen and Butteries. 1449. The Hall has 5 bays and was restored in 1854 with new features by Thomas Johnson; there are also wooden cornices and bargeboards of the C18. The interior was very altered in 1732-4 by James Burrough who ceiled it and added new panelling. The roof was restored in 1845-6 by Dawkes. G F Bodley designed the scheme of decoration in 1875. The original fireplace was restored in 1861 with tiles by William Morris and Ford Madox Brown. The colouring of the roof is supposedly on the original pattern. The windows have heraldic glass by Hardman, 1854. The remainder of the range is of 2 storeys and attics with mainly C18 replacement windows. There is some C18 fielded panelling. The South-west corner turret was occupied by Erasmus in 1514. South Range 1448-9. Some original windows, some C18 attic dormers. The interior retains a number of original features, the beams and timber partition walls and a stone fireplace with 4-centred lead. Some C17 panelling, and much C18 fielded panelling and doors with fielded panels. Cloister Court North Range with the President's Gallery. The ground floor has a late C15 arcaded walk of 17 openings with 4-centred brick arches. The oak posts supporting the bays of the gallery above are of 1911. The paving is dated 1695. The timber-framed President's Gallery appears to be of the early Elizabethen period, restored 1911. The South front has a central semi- octagonal bay and a 3-sided bay at each end. Moulded bressumer, 2nd floor string, and eaves cornice. The windows are of 2 and 4 transomed lights with leaded lattices. The projecting brick bay at the West end of the North side contains a staircase added in 1791-3. Tile North-east wing is generally similar to the main range, and of the same date. The interior of the Gallery is entirely panelled with late C16 or early C17 oak panelling divided into bays by enriched Doric pilasters. The original fireplace has a 4-centred head. The heraldic glass is part Cl6, part early C19. The plaster ceiling is by H T Hare. The Essex Room in the North-east wing also has late C16 panelling and a fireplace. There are 2 staircases, one of the mid C17, one of the late C18. The upper floor has much reset panelling from many different periods a