TRINITY COLLEGE, FOUNTAIN IN GREAT COURT

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
I
List Entry Number:
1331803
Date first listed:
26-Apr-1950
Statutory Address:
TRINITY COLLEGE, FOUNTAIN IN GREAT COURT

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Location

Statutory Address:
TRINITY COLLEGE, FOUNTAIN IN GREAT COURT

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Cambridgeshire
District:
Cambridge (District Authority)
National Grid Reference:
TL 44746 58636

Details

TRINITY COLLEGE 1. 942 Fountain in Great Court TL 4458 NE 3/299 26.4.50. I 2. Erected in 1602 and repaired in 1716. An outstanding example of the work of the date. Cliffe and Clipsham stone ashlar. Completely rebuilt by Robert Grumbold in 1716, and repaired at several later dates. The main basin has a plinth and solid panelled base from which spring Ionic columns supporting arches, an entablature then ribs crowned by a Royal lion with the Tudor arms. Within the main basin is a stone column supporting two smaller basins. The whole is highly worked and decorative. (RCHM).

Listing NGR: TL4474658636

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
47273
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge, (1959)
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 5 Cambridgeshire,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

End of official listing

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Date: 19 Feb 2005
Reference: IOE01/13711/13
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