The Great Gate (detail) at St John's College, Cambridge
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The Great Gate (detail) at St John's College, Cambridge
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 20 Mar 2014
The elaborately decorated Great Gate of St John's College was built in 1516. Like many nearby old university buildings it is Grade I listed. St John's College was founded in 1511 by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII. http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/college-history Wikipedia gives the following information: ...The gatehouse is crenelated and adorned with the arms of the foundress Lady Margaret Beaufort. Above these are displayed her ensigns, the Red Rose of Lancaster and Portcullis. The College Arms are flanked by curious creatures known as yales, mythical beasts with elephants' tails, antelopes' bodies, goats' heads, and swivelling horns. Above them is a tabernacle containing a socle figure of St John the Evangelist, an Eagle at his feet and symbolic, poisoned chalice in his hands. The fan vaulting above is contemporary with tower, and may have been designed by William Swayne, a master mason of King's College Chapel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Cambridge#The_Great_Gate
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