King’s College, Cambridge – Old Court
The College was founded in 1441 simultaneously with Eton College by King Henry VI and generously endowed to reflect his patronage. For many centuries only Etonians could be admitted to King’s College but from 1861 admission was opened to all schools. King’s College Chapel is the most magnificent building in Cambridge and the iconic image of the city and the University. Although work was begun on the chapel by Henry VI it was to be nearly a hundred years later, in the reign of Henry VIII, that the chapel could be completed. The dominant building at right angles to the Chapel is the work of the architect James Gibbs and some the range of buildings parallel to the Chapel including the College Hall and the Screen in front of the College are the work of the architect William Wilkins. The alumni include the poet Rupert Brooke, the writer E M Forster, the economist John Maynard Keynes, the computer scientist and code breaker Alan Turing, the Nobel Laureate Lord Blackett and the ghost-story writer and bibliographer M R James. The Old Court was part of the original College but very soon after the foundation it was realised that much more space was required and the present College site was acquired. The Old Court was purchased by the University in 1829 and now is part of the University’s administrative offices known as the Old Schools. The picture was drawn and engraved by J and H S Storer.
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Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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