sps1955's photos with the keyword: 2013-06-05

A development of c.1825 on land owned by Charles Humfrey, banker, architect and sometime mayor of Cambridge, whose own house stood to the south, on the left of the photo [Sara Payne, Down your street: Cambridge past and present , vol. 2 (1984), pp.30-32]. It is said that the cottages were designed with first-floor windows on the north side only so as not to overlook Humfrey's garden; presumably Humfrey was the architect although his involvement is not mentioned by the listing ( list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1331895 ) or by the RCHM ( www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/pp358-391 , item 263).

7-12 Emmanuel Road and (at the left) 1 Earl Street, whose front door is in the side street. From SW. Built after 1845 when the site of Charles Humfrey's house was sold and redeveloped. Listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1126213 .

Shell-hood over French doors at first-floor level, dated 1688. Listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1331862 ; RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/pp319-358 , item 150.

The shell-hood over the first-floor French doors is dated 1688, although this marks a re-modelling, rather than the date of the original structure, according to the Buildings of England , which also says that the shell-hood was moved up from the ground floor when the house was converted to a shop. However, the RCHM ( www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/pp319-358 , item 150) suggests that the ironwork of the balcony is contemporary with the shell-hood, so it may always have been at first-floor level. Listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1331862 .

Completed by 1511. The arms above the entrance are those of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII and foundress of the college; the statue of the foundress above these is modern. The building underwent significant repair in the C18 and since. Listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1332166 ; RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/pp25-37 .

The gatehouse and screen built to the designs of William Wilkins, 1824-8, with his hall range beyond, from NE. Listing: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1125532 ; RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/cambs/pp98-136 .