President's Lodge 1855 President's Lodge 1855
This very early photograph of the President's Lodge shows the junction between the riverside building (the west range of Cloister Court) and the Long Gallery (the north range of the court).
The riverside building was erected sometime in the 1460s, in a style very similar to that of Old Court 1448-49, but with the addition of a stone string at first floor level, above which the building reduces slightly. Below this is a cloister with arches of three orders. This is probably the earliest example in Cambridge of the use of a cloister in collegiate buildings. The passage in the centre leads to the wooden bridge over the river.
The cloister walks forming the south and north ranges of Cloister Court were added sometime in the 1490s, and have a simpler design with arches of only two orders.
The Long Gallery, of light-weight timber construction, was added on top of the north cloister walk, around 1595-1602.