Magdalene College, the Buildings Surrounding First Court
MAGDALENE COLLEGE, THE BUILDINGS SURROUNDING FIRST COURT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1125500
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Magdalene College, the Buildings Surrounding First Court
- Statutory Address:
- MAGDALENE COLLEGE, THE BUILDINGS SURROUNDING FIRST COURT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1125500
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Magdalene College, the Buildings Surrounding First Court
- Statutory Address 1:
- MAGDALENE COLLEGE, THE BUILDINGS SURROUNDING FIRST COURT
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.
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:
- MAGDALENE COLLEGE, THE BUILDINGS SURROUNDING FIRST COURT
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 44682 58992
Details
MAGDALENE COLLEGE 1. 942 The Buildings surrounding First Court TL 4458 NE 3/272 TL 4459 15/272 26.4.50. I 2. West Range completed circa 1575 but probably begun much earlier. The street front entirely refaced with red brick and freestone dressings in 1875. Two storeys with attics. The West arch of the main gateway is circa 1585 with a Roman Doric surround. The fenestration of the West front is unaltered from circa 1690. The interior has one room with panelling of circa 1600, and a number of C18 fittings. North Range, including the Chapel. Late C15, much altered, and refaced in the C19. The Chapel was altered to the Classical style between 1733 and 1756 by Jeremiah Robinson, then restored circa 1850 when most of the C18 features were removed. The eight-bay roof is original. Glass designed by Pugin. Gothic panelling, screen and stalls 1847-51. Paving of 1755. Tile Library contains the 1756 reredos from the Chapel. The windows have late Cl5 and late C16 heraldic glass. The range also contains some C17 and C18 panelling and four pilasters from the English Church of St Mary at Rotterdam (see also Selwyn College.). East Range. The Hall was built in 1519, wainscoted, in 1585 and completely altered internally in 1714. The lantern on the roof is circa 1815. The seven bay roof is original; the ceiling is 1714 altered in 1911. The fine double staircase and gallery and the screen are all 1714 features though re-using older materials. The glass is mostly C19 and C20. The screens passage is lined with C18 panelling. The Small Combination Room has panelling of circa 1600, originally in No 25 Magdalene Street (q.v.). South Range Built at different times in the late C15, partly rebuilt in C16 and altered in the C18. Red brick partly cement faced. The windows have been mostly renewed. The South front was restored by F C Penrose in 1873. The interior has been greatly modernized but retains in part the original arrangement of rooms. (RCHM.)
Listing NGR: TL4468258992
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 47179
- 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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