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Gatehouses 1420-1520

In this storyline, we look at the early gatehouses in Cambridge. They follow the pattern used at large fashionable houses in the 15th and 16th centuries, their features being derived from medieval castles.

Following St John's College Gatehouse, the last discussed here, two were built towards the end of the 16th century: the Shrewsbury Tower at St John's, and Trinity Queen's Gate. After that, no gatehouses were built until the 19th Century. Corpus Christi and King's built gatehouses arond 1825. All the others are Victorian and 20th century.

1428 Trinity College King Edward's Tower
1441 King's College Old Court Gatehouse
1448 Queens' College Great Gatehouse
1490 Trinity College Great Gate
1500 Jesus College Gatehouse
1505 Christ's College Gatehouse
1511 St John's College Gatehouse

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