Editing Clare College, Cambridge (section)

==Buildings==

===Old Court===
[[File:20130808 Castle End from Kings Bridge.jpg|thumb|Old Court from [[King's College Bridge]]]]
Clare's Old Court, a Grade I [[listed building]], was built between 1638 and 1715,<ref name=Rawle_p100 /> with a long interruption for the [[English Civil War]]. The period spans the arrival of [[classicism]] into the mainstream of British architecture, such that its progress can be traced in the marked differences between the oldest wing to the north, which still has vaulting and other features in the unbroken tradition of English [[Gothic architecture]], and the final southern block, which shows a fully articulated classic style.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

The college's chapel was built in 1763 and designed by [[James Burrough (architect)|Sir James Burrough]], the Master of neighbouring [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Caius College]].<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Burrough, James (1691-1764) |volume= 07 |last= Clark |first= John Willis |author-link= John Willis Clark |pages = 444-445 |short=1}}</ref> Its altarpiece is ''Annunciation'' by [[Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Cipriani]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Chapel and Choir - Clare College Cambridge|url=https://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/Chapel-and-Choir/|access-date=2021-10-09|website=www.clare.cam.ac.uk}}</ref>

Old Court frames [[King's College Chapel, Cambridge|King's College Chapel]] in views from the Backs. 
[[File:Clare College, Cambridge - Gates and Railings to Trinity Hall Lane.JPG|thumb|upright|Clare College Gate]]

===Clare Bridge===
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Clare has a [[bridge]] over the [[River Cam]] and is the oldest of [[List of bridges in Cambridge|Cambridge's current bridges]]. It was built of stone in 1640 by Thomas Grumbold and restored in 1969, and is a [[Grade I listed]] building.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1125549|desc= Clare College, Clare Bridge |access-date= 13 April 2017}}</ref>

Fourteen stone balls decorate it, one of which has a missing section. A number of apocryphal stories circulate concerning this – one cited by members of the college is that the original builder of the bridge was not paid the full amount for his work and so removed the segment to balance the difference in payment. A more likely explanation is that a wedge of stone cemented into the ball as part of a repair job became loose and fell out.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

===Memorial Court===
Clare Bridge connects Old Court to Memorial Court, which was designed by [[Giles Gilbert Scott#Inter-war years|Giles Gilbert Scott]] and dedicated in 1926. The new court, west of [[Queen's Road, Cambridge|Queen's Road]], was conceived as a memorial to the Clare men who lost their lives in the First World War. The monumental arch which forms the entrance to the court accommodates a large bell and carries the names of Clare alumni who died in both world wars. Memorial Court is Grade II* listed,

Memorial Court was extended in the 1950s by the construction of Thirkill Court, and was later divided into two parts when the College's Forbes Mellon Library was constructed in the centre of Memorial Court; the new courtyard created in the west was renamed Ashby Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/Memorial-Court/|title=Memorial Court - Clare College Cambridge|author=Clare College Cambridge|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref>

===Lerner Court===
A new court, Lerner Court, designed by [[van Heyningen and Haward Architects]], was opened in January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vhh.co.uk/projects/clare.htm|title=Clare College, Cambridge - van Heyningen and Haward Architects|access-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926033702/http://www.vhh.co.uk/projects/clare.htm|archive-date=26 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It occupies the last piece of undeveloped land in the central area of the College next to Memorial Court and houses a lecture theatre, catering, fellows offices, residential accommodation and a student laundry.

===Castle Court ===
A detached area of student accommodation, Castle Court, is between [[Castle Street, Cambridge|Castle Street]] and [[Chesterton Road, Cambridge|Chesterton Lane]], on [[Castle Hill, Cambridge|Castle Hill]], north of the city centre.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clare College Cambridge changes 'colony' name over slavery connotation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-61953668 |access-date=9 October 2024 |work=BBC News |date=28 June 2022}}</ref>

===Gallery===
<gallery class="center" mode="packed" heights="150px">
File:Clare College, back of Old Court.jpeg|Old Court in Winter
File:Clare Bridge over the River Cam.jpg|[[Clare College Bridge, Cambridge|Clare Bridge]], over the [[River Cam]]
File:Clare Bridge - ball with missing wedge.jpg|Clare Bridge's missing wedge
File:Clare College, Cambridge, July 2010 (12).JPG|Inside the Great Hall
File:Clare College, Scholars' Garden.jpg|The Scholars' Garden
File:Clare College Chapel, Cambridge.jpg|College chapel
File:Clare College, Cambridge - Lerner Court.jpg|Lerner Court
File:Clare_College_Memorial_Court_02.JPG| Memorial Court
File:cmglee_Cambridge_Clare_College_Memorial_Court_Queens_Road_gate_in.jpg|Memorial Court viewed from Queen's Road
File:Cambridge boathouses - Clare (2).jpg|Clare College boathouse
File:Antechapel clare.jpg|Clare College chapel
</gallery>