Identity area
Reference code
CCHR/1/39
Title
Fireplace in Hall
Date(s)
- 2013 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 items, paper and electronic
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Information concerning the fireplace in the Hall, the elaborate Victorian surround that was installed in the 1870s, the simpler version that replaced it in 1935 and it's subsequent complete removal in the late 1970s/ early 1980s.
Also includes anecdotes concerning undergraduates having to walk down tables to get out of the middle of benches during a meal.
Article on the fireplace in the Hall in The Escutcheon: Journal of the Cambridge University Heraldry and Genealogical Society, Easter term 2013