Identifier: conciseguidetoto01clar (find matches)
Title: A concise guide to the town and university of Cambridge in an introduction and four walks
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Clark, John Willis, 1833-1910
Subjects: University of Cambridge
Publisher: Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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by the Halland Chapel of Kings Hall. The range of chambers between the Chapeland the Gate, and a similar range south of the Gate, were built 1557.The range at right angles to the last-mentioned, jutting out into thecourt, had been built by Kings Hall in 1490. At the north-west cornerof the Chapel a small court is shewn, or rather part of one, for it wascurtailed to some extent by the erection of the Chapel of Trinity College.This represents the original court of Kings Hall, built 1375—1425. Thewest side of it, much altered, still exists at the east end of the BowlingGreen of Trinity College. The range of building running south fromthe west end of the Chapel, with a gateway-tower and a return in the C. 3 34 Trinity College direction of the Great Gate, Mas built by Kings Hall 1427-37. Thegate is King Edwards Gate, the first gateway-tower with four turretserected in Cambridge (see above p. 21). It then stood at the end of alane called Le Foule Lane, which opened out of the lane called
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TRINITY COLLEGE AND S. JOHNS COLLEGE:from Hamonds Plan of Cambridge, i592. S. Michaels Lane or Trinity Lane south of the College, and providedthe sole means of approach to Kings Hall before the Great Gate wasbuilt. On the west side of the court a building is shewn with an orieland a row of four windows. This probably represents the Hall ofMichael House. To the right of it is a large chimney, no doubtindicating the kitchen of the same House. These offices were used by Tiinity College 35 Trinity College, and the range containing them was prolonged, andreturned to King Edwards Gate in 1551, to provide a Lodging lor theMaster. On the south side of the court, opposite the Chapel, is a rowof houses—probably portions of Michael House and Physwick Hostel.Between these and the Great Gate are gardens and a tennis-court. Neviles first work was the completion of the range on the east side ofthe quadrangle. This was succeeded by the erection of the southernrange, with the Queens Gateway, and the

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