Selections from The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge
St Johns College

The complete text of Willis' Architectural History of the University of Cambridge relating specifically to St John's College.

Robert Willis (Author), John Willis Clark (Author)

9780521147156, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 September 2009

164 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm, 0.25 kg

Hailed as 'one of the most important contributions to the social and intellectual history of England which has ever been made by a Cambridge man', Robert Willis' monumental architectural history of the University of Cambridge is here reprinted. Its unique collection of over three hundred plans, antique and specially commissioned engravings is alone sufficient to make this an indispensable work of reference on Cambridge architecture before the onset of the modern age. This selection from the Architectural History presents in a single volume the complete text relating to St John's College and features a new introduction by David Watkin, Professor Emeritus in the History of Architecture at the Department of Art History at Cambridge University.

1. History of the site: history and description of the first buildings
2. History of the second court
3. History of the library and of the third and fourth courts
4. History of the old Chapel and of the building adjoining it on the north
5. History of particular buildings: hall, combination room, master's lodge, treasury, alterations to the courts, the gardens and walks
6. History of the new chapel
Chronological summary
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Architecture [AM]