The Buildings Surrounding Principal Court, St Catharine's College
The buildings surrounding principal court, St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1125480
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1950
- List Entry Name:
- The Buildings Surrounding Principal Court, St Catharine's College
- Statutory Address:
- The buildings surrounding principal court, St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1125480
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1950
- List Entry Name:
- The Buildings Surrounding Principal Court, St Catharine's College
- Statutory Address 1:
- The buildings surrounding principal court, St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The buildings surrounding principal court, St Catharine's College, Cambridge
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- Cambridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 44726 58183
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/02/2015
TL 4458 SE 6/281
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ST CATHARINE'S COLLEGE
The Buildings surrounding Principal Court
(Formerly listed as The Buildings surrounding Principal Court, ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE
26.4.50.
I
North Range - the Chapel 1694-7, Robert Grumbold, mason. Brick, with rusticated stone quoins and stone dressings. The interior is panelled with an original plaster ceiling. The original fittings include the oak communion rails; the panelling, reredos, screen and stalls are all by John Austin and Thomas Woodward and are of an exceedingly high quality. The Hall 1673-5, altered in 1868. Brick with stone quoins. Reset and repaired C17 panelling in Hall and Buttry. The Library The floor above the Hall, remodelled 1756-63. Good plasterwork and oak bookcases. West Range Completed 1687. Red brick with stone dressings. In 13 bays with the gateway in the central one. The gateway has a fine frontispiece on either side with a plain gathall between. The East side has two orders, Tuscan and Corinthian; the West side is Ionic. The oak bolection moulded double doors are original. The rest of the range has a considerable amount of fine original woodwork, panelling, fireplaces, doors and staircases. South Range and Ramsden Building The West end of the range is 1681. It
was originally the Master's Lodge and is of 8 bays. The interior has a considerable amount of original bolection moulded panelling and other woodwork. The Ramsden Building, 1757-1772, by James Essex. Brick with rusticated quoins. A symmetrical design, partly a replica of the Chapel exterior. The interior has the original staircases and plaster dentil cornices in the rooms. (RCHM).
Listing NGR: TL4472658183
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 47228
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge, (1959)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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