Elevations and sections of the two fronts of this gateway, by Pugin', are here reproduced (figs. 10, 11). They were published in 1821, when the details of the ornamentation were evidently far more clearly distinguishable than at present. The figures of angels, for instance, on the exterior, are now almost wholly obliterated. The views are thus described by him:

"The first specimen, A (fig. 10), is taken from the inner front. The moldings of the principal arch are not carried on in the jambs, where only a plain chamfer takes place. Something stiff and forced is observable in the turn of the upper member of the arch, and the manner in which the finial is carried up into a pedestal to the niche above it. The windows on either side of this niche are remarkable for consisting of single lights only, in breadth: their details are elegant, particularly the 'casement,' studded with knots of foliage.

The second specimen, B (fig. 11), represents the outward front of the entrance, exhibiting a much greater display of ornament than the inward one. It is much to be regretted that so beautiful a composition should have been left imperfect.... Nothing could be added to its enrichments; and yet no part appears loaded with ornaments. Perhaps the curious little figures of angels, which range along the straight line over the arch, had better have been omitted, leaving the simple molding to define the two stories: the rest of the composition seems faultless."

The ground-plan of the gate (fig. 12) shews the system of vaulting, of which the springers alone remain, and are perhaps all that was ever executed of this part. It shews also the difference between the external and internal turrets; the way in which access was obtained into the chambers at the bottom of the staircase-turrets on the side next the court; and the arrangement of the windows on the ground-floor.

Access to the chambers was provided by stone staircases in the form of octagonal turrets projecting from the inner walls of the quadrangle, instead of by the usual internal staircases. Each turret, placed opposite to the alternate partitions of the chambers, gave access to right and left into them, so that on each floor there are twice as many chambers as turrets, as the plan (fig. 4) shews. These staircases are well shewn by Loggan (fig. 5). There were also turrets on the outside walls of the quadrangle, but these, as we see from the two remaining in the ruins of

1 Specimens of Gothic Architecture; by A. Pugin, Architect. 4to. London, 1821. Plate XX.

Fig. 10.

a.

Elevation of the interior of the Gateway, Old Court of King's College, after Pugin.

Section of the archivolt moldings.

b. Perpendicular section of the Gateway.

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Fig. 11.

a.

Elevation of the exterior of the Gateway, Old Court of King's College after Pugin.

Section of moldings to the great arch.

the gate next the street, were merely buttress-turrets (fig. 12). Each chamber had a lofty narrow single-light window close to the turret, as is shewn in Loggan. According to my recollections of the building before its demolition, these long windows lighted a narrow slip about five feet wide, separated from the rest of the room by a transverse partition. This was again divided by another partition into two portions, one of which, that next the court, served as a vestibule; and the other, lighted by a window in the outer wall, was of course a study. In the first-floor chambers, which were very lofty, this slip was divided by a floor, so as to furnish in addition two other studies in the entresol. The upper part of the long narrow window lighted the one next the court; while that next the Chapel was lighted by a separate window on that side. The long window was divided by two transoms into three parts; and the space between the two middle ones was filled up within so as to conceal the floor and sill wall of the upper study. This peculiar arrangement for obtaining studies, being provided for in the ornamental masonry of the long windows of the court, must have been coeval with the building of 1441. These windows have disappeared with the exception of a fragment of one north of the gateway. Of the small two-light windows on the ground-floor two remain, one of which, with its moldings, is here figured (fig. 13).

[An inventory of the College property in these chambers taken in 15981 has fortunately been preserved, from which we learn the number of rooms on each floor, and the curious names that were given to them. The order is counted from the gate called "Cow Lane," and the plan (fig. 4) has been numbered in accordance with this arrangement. The ground floor was appropriated chiefly to the Scholars, four of whom were lodged in each room. The names are as follows:

1.

2.

3.

The low Fellows chamber next the gate.

The first Scholars Chamber next the gate, called Lyons Inn.
2nd do. Taylor's Inn.

4. 3rd do. The Tolebothe.

5. 4th do. Horsekepers Inn.

6. 5th do. Colliers Inn.

7. 6th do. Barbers Inn.

1 [Printed in the Cambridge Antiquarian Society's Communications, Vol. iii., by Henry Bradshaw, M. A., Fellow of King's College, and University Librarian.]