Clare College Cambridge

The East Range of the Clare Old Court buildings shown here to the left was completed just before the start of the civil war in 1638 making it a fine example of Jacobean architecture. The whole court is of a honey coloured limestone which I suppose must have been brought up the Cam in boats, presumably from Lincolnshire. The Chapel to the right is Georgian, begun construction in 1763, a very pleasant calm piece of Corinthian classical with a rather fine arched plaster ceiling inside.

This drawing is also available with a drawn outer border – 160130Y