Cambridge - Queens' College 
Queens' College, in Silver Street, founded in 1448 by Andrew Dockett under the patronage of Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI, and then refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV, has the most complete medieval buildings of all the colleges. A magnificent crenellated gateway leads to the red brick First Court dating from the period of foundation, with the Hall (decorated by William Morris), Library and Old Chapel. On the wall is a sundial of 1733.
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Cloister Court
Cloister Court (ca. 1460) has the President's Lodge, a handsome half timbered building (1460-95), on its north side. (Queens' is the only college headed by a President, all the other college heads being known as Masters.)
Mathematical Bridge
Beyond Cloister Court the wooden Mathematical Bridge - a 1902 reconstruction of the original bridge built in 1749 - leads over the Cam to the lovely college gardens. The bridge is so called because it was built without nails, relying for its strength on meticulous calculation.
Pump Court
Off Cloister Court in Queen's College is the small Pump Court, with the Erasmus Tower above the rooms occupied by Erasmus when he taught Greek here (1511-1514).
Walnut Tree Court
To the north are Walnut Tree Court (1618) and Friars Court with Sir Basil Spence's Erasmus Building (1961) and the Victorian chapel (1889-91).
