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Title: The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Willis, Robert, 1800-1875 Clark, John Willis, 1833-1910
Subjects: University of Cambridge Eton College
Publisher: Cambridge (Eng.) : The University Press
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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ivinity wSchools, theparty-wall common to both being included in theabove estimate) at 2,998 The warming chamber, which is common to both portions of the building, I estimate at 150 Total ^11,523 BASIL CHAMPNEYS, Architect. 39, Great Marlborough Street, W.,Sept. 30, 1876. This description will be readily understood from the ground-plan (fig. 2). The large Divinity Lecture Room on the firstfloor occupies the whole space above the small Divinity LectureRoom, the Professors Room No. I, the Porters Room, and thesouth range of the corridor. The Library is over the threerooms for the Professors in the south wing. The two LiteraryLecture Rooms on the first floor are directly over those on theground-floor. The Report recommending the design of Mr Champneyswas confirmed by the Senate 2 November, 1876, and the prepara-tion of the working drawings was commenced at once. Thearchitect soon found that in order to make the north-easternangle of the Literary Schools rectangular, it would be necessary
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Fig. 2. Ground-plan of the Sehvyn Divinity School; reduced from that drawn by Mr Champneys. 240 HISTORY OF THE SELWYN DIVINITY SCHOOL. (CHAP. V. to obtain a small addition to the site1. This change entailed aslight increase in the size of some of the rooms; and the archi-tect further suggested an increase in the ornamentation of thesouth front. In consequence, the lowest tender, that of MrLoveday, of Kibworth, Leicestershire, amounted to £11,977, or^454 in excess of Mr Champneys estimate2. The Senate,however, made no objection to the increased outlay, and it wasagreed that the contract should be sealed 22 March, 18773.The building was commenced shortly afterwards, and wasready for use in the Michaelmas Term, 1879. There was noopening ceremony, but a short service was held in the School24 October, on the occasion of the first public use of it for theterminal meeting of Graduates in Divinity. It was formallyconveyed to the University, 30 October, 1879, on which daythe Vice-Chancellor r

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