Editing St John's College, Cambridge (section)

===Dining hall===
[[File:Cam formal dinner st johns hall 2005.jpg|thumb|right|The 16th-century dining hall has a [[hammerbeam roof]]]]

The college's hall has a fine [[hammerbeam roof]], painted in black and gold and decorated with the armorial devices of its benefactors. The hall is lined to cill level with linenfold panelling which dates from 1528 to 1529 and has a five-bay screen, surmounted by the Royal Arms. Above is a hexagonal louvre, dating to 1703. The room was extended from five to eight bays according to designs by [[George Gilbert Scott|Sir George Gilbert Scott]] in 1863. It has two bay windows, containing heraldic glass dating from the 15th to 19th centuries.<ref name="imagesofengland.org.uk">{{NHLE|desc=St Johns College|year=2014|num=1332216|access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> In 1564, Queen Elizabeth rode into the college's Hall on horseback, during a state visit to Cambridge.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHbPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA22 |magazine=[[The Gentleman's Magazine|The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle]] |editor-first=Sylvanus |editor-last=Urban  |volume=18 |page=22 |year=1773 |title=The Gentleman's Magazine |access-date=27 February 2012}}</ref>

[[File:St John's College Second Court, Cambridge, UK - Diliff.jpg|thumb|left|The tower of Second Court leading to Third Court]]