Peterhouse, Cambridge

1727

It has been refurbished, converting the rooms to en-suite. ===Trumpington Street=== The college also occupies a number of buildings on Trumpington Street. ====Master's Lodge==== The Master's Lodge is situated across Trumpington Street from the College, and was bequeathed to the College in 1727 by a fellow, Dr Charles Beaumont, son of the 30th Master of the college, Joseph Beaumont.

1736

It is named after its architect, Sir James Burrough, the Master of Caius, and was built in 1736.

1755

Their design was classicised in 1709, while an ornamental porch was removed in 1755.

1763

The restoration of the 1763 John Snetzler organ in the Chapel was by Noel Mander. The first person buried in the Chapel was Samuel Horne, a fellow of the college.

1817

Its cost was met with part of a benefaction of 1817 from the Rev.

1825

It was built in 1825-6.

1855

The current side windows are by Max Ainmiller, and were added in 1855.

1866

Between 1866 and 1870, the hall was restored by the architect George Gilbert Scott, Jr..

1870

Between 1866 and 1870, the hall was restored by the architect George Gilbert Scott, Jr..

1883

On 21 December of the same year, statues and decorations in the Chapel were pulled down by a committee led by the Puritan zealot William Dowsing. The college was the first in the University to have electric lighting installed, when Lord Kelvin provided it for the Hall and Combination Room to celebrate the College's six-hundredth anniversary in 1883–1884.

The building it is housed in was originally the University's Museum of Classical Archaeology and was designed by Basil Champneys in 1883.

1926

It was built in a neo-Georgian style in 1926 from designs by Thomas Henry Lyon.

1932

This was also designed by Hughes and Bicknell, and was built between 1932 and 1934.

1934

This was also designed by Hughes and Bicknell, and was built between 1932 and 1934.

1935

The latter version (with three pallets) was officially adopted by the Governing Body in 1935.

1937

Electric lighting was added to the library in 1937.

1939

The wall was demolished in 1939, leaving only its footing.

Fen Court was built between 1939 and 1941 from designs by H.

1940

It bears the inscription DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI MCMXL — "out of the depths have I cried out 1940".

1941

Fen Court was built between 1939 and 1941 from designs by H.

1952

The area above the Perne Library was used as the Ward Library (the college's general purpose library) from 1952 to 1984, but that has now been moved to its own building in the north-west corner of the college site. ====Burrough's Building==== The Burrough's Building is situated at the front of the college, parallel to the Chapel.

1963

Erected in 1963-4, to a design by Sir Leslie Martin and Sir Colin St John Wilson, it is an eight-storey brick tower housing eight fellows and 24 undergraduates.

1980

In a review of Adam Sisman's 2010 biography of Trevor-Roper, the Economist wrote that picture of Peterhouse in the 1980s was "startling", stating the college had become under Cowling's influence a sort of right-wing "lunatic asylum", who were determined to sabotage Trevor-Roper's reforms.

1982

It was adapted to its modern purpose by Robert Potter in 1982 and opened in its current form as a library two years later.

1983

Women were admitted in 1983 at his urging.

1984

The area above the Perne Library was used as the Ward Library (the college's general purpose library) from 1952 to 1984, but that has now been moved to its own building in the north-west corner of the college site. ====Burrough's Building==== The Burrough's Building is situated at the front of the college, parallel to the Chapel.

1987

In 1987 Trevor-Roper retired complaining of "seven wasted years." Peterhouse likely was a source of inspiration for Tom Sharpe's Porterhouse Blues. == Buildings and grounds == Peterhouse has its main site situated on Trumpington Street, to the south of Cambridge's town centre.

2006

The hall was extensively renovated in 2006-7. The north and west sides of Old Court were added in the 15th century, and classicised in the 18th century.

2010

In a review of Adam Sisman's 2010 biography of Trevor-Roper, the Economist wrote that picture of Peterhouse in the 1980s was "startling", stating the college had become under Cowling's influence a sort of right-wing "lunatic asylum", who were determined to sabotage Trevor-Roper's reforms.

2013

It was demolished in 2013 to make way for the new Whittle Building. ====Ward Library==== The north-west corner of the main site is occupied by former Victorian warehouses containing the Ward Library, as well as a theatre and function room.

2015

Many previously housed distinguished alumni, including Lord Kelvin in I staircase. ====Whittle Building==== The Whittle Building, named after Petrean Frank Whittle, opened on the western side of Gisborne Court in early 2015.

2018

Peterhouse sat at 4th in 2018 and 2019. == History == ===Foundation=== The foundation of Peterhouse dates to 1280, when letters patent from Edward I dated Burgh, Suffolk, 24 December 1280 allowed Hugh de Balsham, to keep a number of scholars in the Hospital of St John, where they were to live according to the rules of the scholars of Merton.

2019

Peterhouse sat at 4th in 2018 and 2019. == History == ===Foundation=== The foundation of Peterhouse dates to 1280, when letters patent from Edward I dated Burgh, Suffolk, 24 December 1280 allowed Hugh de Balsham, to keep a number of scholars in the Hospital of St John, where they were to live according to the rules of the scholars of Merton.




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