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60-619: The William Stone Building is a residential structure within the grounds of Peterhouse, Cambridge , one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge . It was recognised as a Grade II listed building in March 1993. The William Stone Building comprises residential accommodation for eight fellows and 24 students of Peterhouse. It was constructed during 1963-64 to a design by Leslie Martin and Colin St John Wilson that

120-425: A Lower Second (a 2.ii), 1 point for a Third and no points for someone only granted an allowance towards an Ordinary Degree. The scores in each subject are then weighted to a common average, to avoid the bias towards colleges with higher proportions of students entered for subjects which receive higher average grades. The result is expressed as a percentage of the total number of points available. The differences between

180-633: A degree, or those whose names the Council have determined should be withheld from public display. [2] They are meant for internal use of Colleges but not the University, being distributed to the Senior Tutors of the Colleges [3] , with the full tables not being published publicly or outside of the Colleges, and some students being unaware of their existence. However, the rankings of Colleges in

240-579: A former fellow. The court is built in white brick with stone dressings in a simple Gothic revival style from the designs of William McIntosh Brookes . Only three sides to the court were built, with the fourth side being a screen wall. The wall was demolished in 1939, leaving only its footing. Rooms in Gisborne Court are mainly occupied by undergraduates. Many previously housed distinguished alumni, including Lord Kelvin in I staircase. The Whittle Building, named after Petrean Frank Whittle , opened on

300-520: A review of Adam Sisman's 2010 biography of Trevor-Roper, the Economist wrote that picture of Peterhouse in the 1980s was "startling", stating the college had become under Cowling's influence a sort of right-wing "lunatic asylum", who were determined to sabotage Trevor-Roper's reforms. In 1987 Trevor-Roper retired complaining of "seven wasted years." Peterhouse may have been one of the sources of inspiration for Tom Sharpe 's Porterhouse Blue . In

360-557: A series of administrative reforms. Women were admitted in 1983 at his urging. The British journalist Neal Ascherson summarised the quarrel between Cowling and Trevor-Roper as: Lord Dacre, far from being a romantic Tory ultra, turned out to be an anti-clerical Whig with a preference for free speech over superstition. He did not find it normal that fellows should wear mourning on the anniversary of General Franco's death, attend parties in SS uniform or insult black and Jewish guests at high table. For

420-489: A single other college ( Emmanuel ) by Christopher Wren . The original stained glass was destroyed by Parliamentarians in 1643, with only the east window's crucifixion scene (based on Rubens 's Le Coup de Lance ) surviving. The current side windows are by Max Ainmiller , and were added in 1855. The cloisters on each side of the Chapel date from the 17th century. Their design was classicised in 1709, while an ornamental porch

480-426: Is 102 feet (31 m) high on a 71 feet (22 m) by 42 feet (13 m) Aalto-inspired staggered ground plan. The construction cost of £100,000 was funded by a bequest from William Stone (1857-1958), a former member of the college. The original design was later amended to provide privacy for its occupants, who had found that they could see into each other's rooms from their windows; it still retains appealing views of

540-642: Is a hole burnt in the middle of the relevant page in Perne's own copy of Foxe. Perne died in 1589, leaving a legacy to the college that funded a number of fellowships and scholarships, as well bequeathing an extensive collection of books. This collection and rare volumes since added to it is now known as the Perne Library. Between 1626 and 1634, the Master was Matthew Wren . Wren had previously accompanied Charles I on his journey to Spain to attempt to negotiate

600-476: Is an annual ranking that lists the Colleges of the University of Cambridge in order of their undergraduate students' performances in that year's examinations. Two colleges— Darwin and Clare Hall —do not have undergraduate students and do not feature in the list. It was created in 1981 by Peter Tompkins, then a third-year undergraduate mathematics student at Trinity College , who compiled it for many years. It

660-473: Is an eight-storey brick tower housing eight fellows and 24 undergraduates. It has been refurbished, converting the rooms to en-suite. The college also occupies a number of buildings on Trumpington Street. The Master's Lodge is situated across Trumpington Street from the College, and was bequeathed to the College in 1727 by a fellow, Charles Beaumont, son of the 30th Master of the college, Joseph Beaumont. It

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720-601: Is built in red brick in the Queen Anne style. The Hostel is situated next to the Master's Lodge. It was built in a neo-Georgian style in 1926 from designs by Thomas Henry Lyon. The Hostel was intended to be part of a larger complex but only one wing was built. It currently houses undergraduates and some fellows. During World War II the London School of Economics was housed in The Hostel and nearby buildings, at

780-589: Is directly in front of the William Stone Building. The College has, during its history, used five different coats of arms. The one currently in use has two legitimate blazons. The first form is the original grant by Robert Cooke , Clarenceux King of Arms , in 1575: The College did, however, habitually use a version with three pallets , and this was allowed at the Herald's Visitation of Cambridgeshire in 1684. The latter version (with three pallets)

840-749: Is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him: let God be in us, and let us remain in the same. Amen. Peterhouse and Jesus College are the only two colleges to have two separate halves to their grace, the first being a standard grace, and the second a quotation of 1 John 4:16. Members of Peterhouse — as masters, fellows (including honorary fellows) or students — are known as Petreans. Peterhouse has five Nobel laureates associated with it, either as former students or fellows. 52°12′03″N 0°07′06″E  /  52.2009°N 0.1184°E  / 52.2009; 0.1184  ( Peterhouse ) Tompkins Table The Tompkins Table

900-591: The English Civil War , Cosin was expelled from his position by a Parliamentary ordinance from the Earl of Manchester . The Earl stated that he was deposed "for his opposing the proceedings of Parliament, and other scandalous acts in the University". On 21 December of the same year, statues and decorations in the Chapel were pulled down by a committee led by the Puritan zealot William Dowsing . The college

960-524: The Spanish Match . Wren was a firm supporter of Archbishop William Laud , and under Wren the college became known as a centre of Arminianism . This continued under the Mastership of John Cosin , who succeeded Wren in 1634. Under Cosin significant changes were made to the college's Chapel to bring it into line with Laud's idea of the "beauty of holiness". On 13 March 1643, in the early stages of

1020-405: The 21st century Peterhouse has established a more modern and welcoming reputation. They are the available course list of Peterhouse. There are several courses offered by Cambridge but not being available at Peterhouse. They are: Education; Geography; Land Economy; Psychological and Behavioural Sciences; and Veterinary Medicine. Peterhouse has its main site situated on Trumpington Street , to

1080-506: The Baxter Tables are sometimes referred to by Colleges in publicly available literature, [4] [5] and the methodology used to compile the Baxter Tables is also available. There is also a 'value-added' table, which shows how students' results improve over the course of their years at Cambridge, and is intended to give a measure or indication of the quality of teaching at the different Colleges. [6] However, with such small sample sizes,

1140-517: The Burrough's Building (added in the 18th century), to the east by the street, to the south by the Porters' lodge and to the west by the chapel. Above the Porters' lodge is the Perne Library, named in honour of Andrew Perne , a former Master, and originally built in 1590 to house the collection that he donated to the college. It was extended towards the road in 1633 and features interior woodwork that

1200-504: The Chapel cloisters. To the south of the court is the dining hall, the only College building that survives from the 13th century. Between 1866 and 1870, the hall was restored by the architect George Gilbert Scott, Jr. Under Scott, the timber roof was repaired and two old parlours merged to form a new Combination Room. The stained glass windows were also replaced with Pre-Raphaelite pieces by William Morris , Ford Madox Brown and Edward Burne-Jones . The fireplace (originally built in 1618)

1260-547: The Conservative politicians Michael Portillo and Michael Howard both studied at Peterhouse), the extent to which Margaret Thatcher 's economic liberalism was admired within the movement was limited. During this period, which coincided with the mastership of Hugh Trevor-Roper , the college endured a period of significant conflict among the fellowship, particularly between Trevor-Roper and Cowling. Trevor-Roper feuded constantly with Cowling and his allies, while launching

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1320-662: The Deer Park since deer were brought there in the 19th century. During that period it achieved fame as the smallest deer park in England. After the First World War the deer sickened and passed their illness onto stock that had been imported from the Duke of Portland 's estate at Welbeck Abbey in an attempt to improve the situation. There are no longer any deer. The remainder of the college's gardens divide into areas known as

1380-512: The Fellows' Garden, just to the south of Old Court, and the Scholars' Garden, at the south end of the site, surrounding the William Stone Building. The William Stone Building stands in the Scholars' Garden and was funded by a £100,000 bequest from William Stone (1857–1958), a former scholar of the college. Erected in 1963-4, to a design by Sir Leslie Martin and Sir Colin St John Wilson , it

1440-486: The Tompkins Table, but have significantly more graduate students than undergraduate students, so the results here are not representative of the majority of the student population of each of these colleges. Below is the table for 2024, using the following scoring system: five points for a 1st, three for a 2:1, two for 2:2, one for a 3rd. Score shown is a percentage of total points available.: Certain Colleges of

1500-669: The United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months". Beyond Gisborne Court is Fen Court, a 20th-century building partially on stilts. Fen Court was built between 1939 and 1941 from designs by H. C. Hughes and his partner Peter Bicknell . It was amongst the earliest buildings in Cambridge designed in the style of the Modern Movement pioneered by Walter Gropius at the Bauhaus . The carved panel by Anthony Foster over

1560-671: The University of Cambridge commission similar tables called Baxter Tables from Martin Baxter who is a financial analyst specialising in mathematical modelling and who developed the Electoral Calculus website. Baxter tables rank colleges' undergraduate students by their year and subject separately and are delivered in July or August. [1] They are compiled using published Class Lists, which do not include students who are not candidates for Honours degrees, or those who have failed to gain

1620-407: The change being principally the result of the demolition of the row of houses that originally lined Trumpington Street on the east side of the college. In 1574, a map shows the entrance being on the south side of a single main court. The modern entrance is to the east, straight onto Trumpington Street. The area closest to Trumpington Street is referred to as First Court. It is bounded to the north by

1680-459: The college. They were used in 1345 to defeat an attempt by Edward III to appoint a candidate of his own as scholar. In 1354–55, William Moschett set up a trust that resulted in nearly 70 acres (280,000 m ) of land at Fen Ditton being transferred to the College by 1391–92. The College's relative poverty was relieved in 1401 when it acquired the advowson and rectory of Hinton through the efforts of Bishop John Fordham and John Newton. During

1740-400: The contemporary religious trend towards Arminianism . The Laudian Gothic style of the Chapel mixes Renaissance details but incorporated them into a traditional Gothic building. The Chapel's Renaissance architecture contains a Pietà altarpiece and a striking ceiling of golden suns. Its placement in the centre of one side of a court, between open colonnades is unusual, being copied for

1800-596: The entrance doorway evokes the mood in Britain as the building was completed. It bears the inscription DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI MCMXL — "out of the depths have I cried out 1940". These are the first words of Psalm 130, one of the Penitential Psalms . Alongside the inscription is a depiction of St Peter being saved from the sea. An adjacent bath-house, known as the Birdwood Building, used to make up

1860-467: The examination process brought about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . Initially, it only included final year exams but since 1997 has covered all exams for which grades are allocated. The table allocates 5 points for a First Class degree, 3 points for an Upper Second (known also as a 2.i), 2.5 points for a Second Undivided (A second class degree that is not divided into Upper or Lower), 2 points for

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1920-552: The first British Fields Medallist Klaus Roth , Oscar -winning film director Sam Mendes and comedian David Mitchell . British Prime Minister Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton , and Elijah Mudenda , second prime minister of Zambia , also studied at the college. Peterhouse is one of the wealthiest colleges in Cambridge, with assets exceeding £350 million. It is currently third in terms of net assets per student. Members of Peterhouse are encouraged to attend communal dinners, known as "Hall". Hall takes place in two sittings, with

1980-470: The front of the college, parallel to the Chapel. It is named after its architect, Sir James Burrough, the Master of Caius , and was built in 1736. It is one of several Cambridge neo- Palladian buildings designed by Burrough. Others include the remodelling of the Hall and Old Court at Trinity Hall and the chapel at Clare College . The building is occupied by fellows and college offices. Old Court lies beyond

2040-533: The highest places on the table are usually very slight. Christ's College was the top college in 2019, after coming top in 2018 following seven years in which Trinity College came top. The rankings are not officially endorsed by the University. Since Darwin College and Clare Hall admit only graduate students, they do not feature in this undergraduate ranking. Some of the mature colleges, including St. Edmund's College , Hughes Hall , Lucy Cavendish College , and Wolfson College , tend to perform relatively poorly in

2100-406: The impact of Corbusier's fantasies of the 1920s of high-rise living for modern man". Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham , Bishop of Ely . Peterhouse has around 300 undergraduate and 175 graduate students, and 54 fellows . Peterhouse alumni are notably eminent within

2160-564: The invitation of the Master and Fellows. Behind the Hostel lies Cosin Court, which provides accommodation for fellows and mature, postgraduate, and married students. The court is named for John Cosin (1594–1672) who was successively Master of Peterhouse, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University and Prince-Bishop of Durham . This row of Georgian townhouses houses first-year undergraduates, fellows, and some graduate students in basement flats. It

2220-570: The letters on the weathervane of St Peter's Church could represent "Andrew Perne, Papist" or "Andrew Perne, Protestant" according to which way the wind was blowing. Having previously been close to the reformist Regius Chair of Divinity, Martin Bucer , later as vice-chancellor of the university Perne would have Bucer's bones exhumed and burnt in Market Square. John Foxe in his Actes and Monuments singled this out as "shameful railing". There

2280-576: The main entrance to Peterhouse on Trumpington Street, the altar end of the Chapel is the most immediately visible building. The Chapel was built in 1628 when the Master of the time Matthew Wren ( Christopher Wren 's uncle) demolished the college's original hostels. Previously the college had employed the adjacent Church of St Mary the Less as its chapel. The Chapel was consecrated on 17 March 1632 by Francis White , Bishop of Ely. The building's style reflects

2340-499: The natural sciences, including scientists Lord Kelvin , Henry Cavendish , Charles Babbage , James Clerk Maxwell , James Dewar , Frank Whittle , and five Nobel prize winners in science: Sir John Kendrew , Sir Aaron Klug , Archer Martin , Max Perutz , and Michael Levitt . Peterhouse alumni also include the Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift , Lord Chancellors, Lord Chief Justices, important poets such as Thomas Gray ,

2400-454: The next seven years, Trevor-Roper battled to suppress the insurgency of the Cowling clique ("a strong mind trapped in its own glutinous frustrations"), and to bring the college back to a condition in which students might actually want to go there. Neither side won this struggle, which soon became a campaign to drive Trevor-Roper out of the college by grotesque rudeness and insubordination. In

2460-458: The other a contemporary console, to allow for the performance of a wider range of repertoire. The first person buried in the Chapel was Samuel Horne, a fellow of the college. Horne was probably chaplain. Gisborne Court is accessible through an archway leading from the west side of Old Court. It was built in 1825-6. Its cost was met with part of a benefaction of 1817 from the Rev. Francis Gisborne,

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2520-517: The past five years, it has sat in the top ten of the 29 colleges within the Tompkins Table . Peterhouse sat at fourth in 2018 and 2019. The foundation of Peterhouse dates to 1280, when letters patent from Edward I dated Burgh, Suffolk , 24 December 1280 allowed Hugh de Balsham , to keep a number of scholars in the Hospital of St John , where they were to live according to the rules of

2580-454: The reign of Elizabeth I , the college also acquired the area formerly known as Volney's Croft, which today is the area of St Peter's Terrace, the William Stone Building and the Scholars' Garden. In 1553, Andrew Perne was appointed Master. His religious views were pragmatic enough to be favoured by both Mary I , who gave him the Deanery of Ely , and Elizabeth I. A contemporary joke was that

2640-527: The scholars of Merton . After disagreement between the scholars and the Brethren of the Hospital, both requested a separation. As a result, in 1284 Balsham transferred the scholars to the present site with the purchase of two houses just outside the then Trumpington Gate to accommodate a Master and fourteen "worthy but impoverished Fellows". The Church of St Peter without Trumpington Gate was to be used by

2700-424: The scholars. Bishop Hugo de Balsham died in 1286, bequeathing 300 marks that were used to buy further land to the south of St Peter's Church, on which the college's Hall was built. The earliest surviving set of statutes for the college was given to it by the then Bishop of Ely, Simon Montacute , in 1344. Although based on those of Merton College, these statutes clearly display the lack of resources then available to

2760-514: The second known as "Formal Hall", which consists of a three-course candlelit meal and which must be attended wearing suits and gowns. At Formal Hall, the students rise as the fellows proceed in, a gong is rung, and two Latin graces are read. Peterhouse also hosts a biennial white-tie ball as part of May Week celebrations. In recent years, Peterhouse has been ranked as one of the highest achieving colleges in Cambridge, although academic performance tends to vary year to year due to its small population. In

2820-475: The south of Cambridge's town centre. The main portion of the college is just to the north of the Fitzwilliam Museum , and its grounds run behind the museum. The buildings date from a wide variety of times, and have been much altered over the years. The college is reputed to have been at least partially destroyed by fire in 1420. The entrance of the college has shifted through its lifetime as well, with

2880-427: The surrounding area. It was refurbished in 2007-08, when solar panels were also installed on the roof. The structure is the only tower-style student accommodation in the university and as of 2009 it was the de facto standard regarding planning decisions related to the maximum height of new developments in the city. The college describes it as "interesting historically as a belated and solitary example in Cambridge of

2940-496: The university's faculty for that subject – Herbert Butterfield , David Knowles , Michael Postan and Denis Brogan . In the 1980s Peterhouse acquired an association with Conservative politics. Maurice Cowling and Roger Scruton were both influential fellows of the College and are sometimes described as key figures in the so-called "Peterhouse right" – an intellectual movement linked to philosophical conservativism . While often associated with Thatcherite politics (notably,

3000-504: The western side of Gisborne Court in early 2015. Designed in neo-gothic style by John Simpson Architects , it contains en-suite undergraduate accommodation, the student bar and common room, a function room and a gym. Its design recalls that of the original screen-wall that once stood in its place. In 2015 the building was shortlisted for the Carbuncle Cup , given annually by the magazine Building Design to "the ugliest building in

3060-501: The western side of Gisborne Court. This was also designed by Hughes and Bicknell, and was built between 1932 and 1934. It was demolished in 2013 to make way for the new Whittle Building. The north-west corner of the main site is occupied by former Victorian warehouses containing the Ward Library, as well as a theatre and function room. The building it is housed in was originally the University's Museum of Classical Archaeology and

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3120-411: Was added in 1641–48 by William Ashley, who was also responsible for similar woodwork in the chapel. Electric lighting was added to the library in 1937. The area above the Perne Library was used as the Ward Library (the college's general purpose library) from 1952 to 1984, but that has now been moved to its own building in the north-west corner of the college site. The Burrough's Building is situated at

3180-528: Was designed by Basil Champneys in 1883. It was adapted to its modern purpose by Robert Potter in 1982 and opened in its current form as a library two years later. In recent years, the final gallery of the old museum building has been converted into a reading room, named the Gunn Gallery, after Chan Gunn. While officially being named the Grove, the grounds to the south of Gisborne Court have been known as

3240-400: Was formerly published by The Independent . Since 2016, it has been published by Varsity , a student newspaper of the University of Cambridge . It is not an official University of Cambridge table. It does not take account of students who are not candidates for Honours degrees, or those who have failed to gain a degree. It was not published in 2020 or 2021 as a result of the restrictions to

3300-468: Was influenced by the work of Alvar Aalto . The March 1993 Grade II listing details describe it: Buff brick; copper cladding. Flat roof. Irregular plan with staggered rooms, facing west. Eight storeys. Horizontal strip windows with bull-nosed cills. Varnished timber frames. Copper sheet cladding above top storey window. Elevation to east has expressed rectangular staircase and lift tower rising above roof line and narrow horizontal strip windows. The building

3360-504: Was installed in 1765 John Snetzler . During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Organ was expanded and renovated by Hill & Son (1893-94) and Noel Mander (1963). In 2023, the Organ underwent a substantial restoration and renovation project by Flentrop and Klais . This restoration uniquely provides two mechanical-action consoles: one 'historic' console intended to recreate the experience of playing Snetzler's original instrument;

3420-657: Was officially adopted by the Governing Body in 1935. The construction of the arms is that of the founder, Hugo de Balsham, surrounded by the crowns of the See of Ely . Benedic nos Domine, et dona Tua, quae de Tua largitate sumus sumpturi, et concede, ut illis salubriter nutriti, Tibi debitum obsequium praestare valeamus, per Christum Dominum nostrum, Amen. Deus est caritas, et qui manet in caritate in Deo manet, et Deus in eo: sit Deus in nobis, et nos maneamus in ipso. Amen. God

3480-409: Was removed in 1755. The Peterhouse Partbooks, music manuscripts from the early years of the Chapel, survive, and are one of the most important collections of Tudor and Jacobean church music. The Chapel Choir, one of the smallest in Cambridge, has recently attracted wider interest for its regular performances of this material, some of which has not been heard since the 16th century. The Organ in the Chapel

3540-533: Was restored with tiles by Morris, including depictions of St Peter and Hugo de Balsham. The hall was extensively renovated in 2006-7. The north and west sides of Old Court were added in the 15th century, and classicised in the 18th century. The chapel makes up the fourth, east side to the court. Rooms in Old Court are occupied by a mixture of fellows and undergraduates. The north side of the court also house Peterhouse's MCR (Middle Combination Room). Viewed from

3600-548: Was the first in the University to have electric lighting installed, when Lord Kelvin provided it for the Hall and Combination Room to celebrate the College's six-hundredth anniversary in 1883–1884. It was the second building in the country to get electric lighting, after the Palace of Westminster . The college developed a strong reputation for the teaching of history from the time of Harold Temperley , and during World War II its fellowship simultaneously included four professors in

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