2014

TL4559 : Trinity First and Third Boathouse

taken 11 years ago, near to Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Trinity First and Third Boathouse
Trinity First and Third Boathouse
Trinity’s was the first College boathouse. It was first built in 1872, but was rebuilt in 1896. The existing boathouse was built in 1935, using the basic fabric of the 1896 building and is a Building of Local Interest. It has a hipped slate roof with two chimney-stacks at the side.
The brick building is painted cream, with grey decoration. The first floor has two metal-framed windows, each with a crest above. A pair of fully glazed double doors open on to a central balcony with a metal balustrade and decorative sweeping supports. On each side of the doors is a fixed metal-framed window. A metal ladder staircase to the left hand side gives access to the first floor.
The ground floor has three upwards-opening doors, and a single-storey side extension has one pair of double doors.
Cambridge Boathouses

The college boat houses are along the River Cam, downstream of Victoria Bridge.
Rowing first started at Cambridge in 1825, before it was introduced at Oxford. The first College boat club established was St. Johns, closely followed by Trinity. By 1830 Jesus, Magdalene, Emmanuel, Christ’s, Corpus Christi and Peterhouse Colleges had also founded boat clubs, and by 1835 a total of fifteen Colleges had them. Newnham ladies founded the first women’s boat club in 1896.
The first College boathouse was built for Trinity in 1872, and by the end of the nineteenth century most of the Colleges had built, or started to build, boathouses of their own.

Trinity College :: TL4458

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. Trinity is one of Cambridge University's three royal colleges, along with King's and St John's. With around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and 190 fellows, it is the largest college in either Oxford or Cambridge.
Much of the college is Grade I listed. LinkExternal link
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TL4559, 1335 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 15 March, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 6 May, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 4564 5916 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:12.6850N 0:7.8099E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 4561 5913
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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