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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The New Court building at St. John's College, a constituent of the University of Cambridge. The New Court was designed by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson and built between 1826 and 1831. It is in the Gothic Style with battlements, pinnacles, and a cloister and gateway across one side (viewed here). The New Court's central tower has four blank clock-faces. There are several legends about why the clocks are faceless, including the suggestion that Henry Hutchinson asked that they remain that way so that the building would not lose its symmetry. Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Cambridge 1929
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0757 757 ark:/21198/zz002b6rc7
Language
English
Subject
Spires International Religion Vines Education Colleges (buildings) Clock towers (towers) Battlements Cloister garths St. John's College (University of Cambridge)
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