College Architecture
The buildings on the present main college site were built principally by three generations of the Waterhouse family. Alfred Waterhouse, a prominent Victorian exponent of Neo-Gothic, started in 1873 with Old Wing, the North Side of Emily Davies Court. A.Waterhouse is responsible for other buildings in Cambridge (Pembroke Library, Caius Tree Court), and many others elsewhere, notably Manchester Town Hall.
The style used was his characteristic Neo-Tudor in red brick and terracotta. He introduced the corridor plan – rooms arranged along a corridor rather than as a vertical stack accessible from a staircase. This style was taken up by many of the residential college buildings built subsequently in both Oxford and Cambridge.
Paul Waterhouse, his son, built Tower Wing, including the Gate House in 1887. Michael Waterhouse, Alfred’s grandson, built Woodlands Court on the eastern side of the college in 1931. Subsequent additions include the Mistress’s Flat on the east side of Eliza Baker Court by David Roberts in 1962, in a style that was something of a contrast with the rest of the college (even more so with recent alterations).
Roberts and Clarke were responsible for the other college site, Wolfson Court on Clarkson Road. Started in 1969, and rather more small scale, low key and intimate than the main college buildings.