2018

TL4458 : The new kitchens for Sidney Sussex College

taken 5 years ago, near to Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

The new kitchens for Sidney Sussex College
The new kitchens for Sidney Sussex College
My College, Sidney Sussex, is following a current Cambridge trend (started by Trinity College) of building underground kitchens. Of course for colleges in the tight little centre of Cambridge this is understandable. They can't grow sideways, and would not be allowed to build upwards, so where else to go to gain space? Of course it is hideously expensive.

After Trinity, I believe (though I am not certain) that Magdalene tried, but found that they were too close to the river. Corpus Christi are currently involved in a similar project. In our case the main worry was not the water table, it was what vital archaeological discoveries might be made during the initial excavations. Fortunately we got the 'all-clear' to proceed.

What you are seeing here is the hole, almost complete, in which our chefs will be preparing meals in about three years' time.

The buildings to left and centre are in the next square, but the excavations (and the Master's Lodge to the right) are in TL4458.
For completeness I add that this photo was taken from one of the Fellows' Common Rooms, not of course open to the public.
Sidney Sussex College :: TL4558

Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
The college was founded in 1596 and named after its foundress, Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex. It was from its inception an avowedly Puritan foundation: some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance of good learninge. Oliver Cromwell was among the first students (although his father became ill and he never graduated), and his head is now buried beneath the College's Ante-Chapel.
The main part of the college is Grade I listed. LinkExternal link
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David Purchase   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 2 December, 2018   (more nearby)
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Monday, 3 December, 2018
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 4499 5870 [10m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 4497 5871
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